Re: Bipedalism and endurance (Re: AAH - enough already)
Phil Nicholls (pn8886@csc.albany.edu)
17 Dec 1994 05:10:13 GMT
In article <3chlna$jbb@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>,
Francis Davey <fjmd1@cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>In article <lmm5-101294184429@132.236.78.46>, loopy <lmm5@cornell.edu> wrote:
>>In article <3c119s$dei@newsbf01.news.aol.com>, patdooley@aol.com (Pat
>>Dooley) wrote:
>>
>>> 6) Lack of dense body hair facilitates cooling.
>>>
>>> The converse is true. Fur provides a greater evaporative surface.
>>
>
>Rehashing an old complaint: anti-AAH people are beginning to convince me in
>this debate BUT both sides are appalling at providing any evidence. For
>goodness sake there must be some work on the efficiency of different animal
>cooling methods, can't someone provide a *citation* so we can drop all this
>silly common sense conjecture and rely on some real work?
>
>What I am looking for is a reference to something like the Journal of Animal
>Cooling Studies, or Thermoregulation Now, or something.
>
Wheeler, P.E. The evolution of bipedality and loss of functional body
hair in hominids JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION 1984 13:91-98
Falk, D. Brain evolution in Homo: The radiator theory BEHAVIORAL
AND BRAIN SCIENCES 1990 13:333-381.
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Philip "Chris" Nicholls Department of Anthropology
Institute for Hydrohominoid Studies SUNY Albany
University of Ediacara pn8886@cnsunix.albany.edu
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