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Does having thick oily skin have any evolutionary benefits?
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Oily skin: There are many benefits of having the oily skin, as it helps you in delaying aging. The age spots and wrinkles, occurs very late on the oily skin, and it helps you to look younger, than the others of your age.
Answered 4/14/2013
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It must...: ...Or it would not have survived the evolution process. More precisely, it probably did impart an evolutionary advantage at some point in the history of homo sapiens. We may have outgrown it, or it may still be protecting us from something yet to be discovered.
Answered 7/5/2012
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