scrumruggin Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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