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Bipedality and hair loss in human evolution revisited: The impact of altitude and activity scheduling
Bipedality evolved early in hominin evolution, and at some point was associated with hair loss over most of the body. One classic explanation (Wheeler 1984: J. Hum. Evol. 13, 91–98) was that these traits evolved to reduce heat overload when australopiths were foraging in more open tropical habitats...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Academic Press
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4874949/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27178459 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.02.006 |