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Qustion regarding Discover Article Born to Run

scrumruggin
in Evolution, Morphology and Exobiology

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After reading this thought provoking article I began to wonder what role, if any would be played by the human being starting at a temperature of 98.6 degrees whereas most prey species appear to start at body core temperatures over 100 degrees and up? I assume that cooling ability and the adaptation of sweat glands would be much more significant in a long chase but could a lower initial temperature confer an evolutionary advantage as well?

Are there large land mammals with lower starting body temperatures than humans have?

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