Homeothermy and primate bipedalism: Is water shortage or solar radiation the main threat to baboon (Papio hamadryas) homeothermy?

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 439-446

  Mitchell, Duncan ^a   Fuller, Andrea ^a   Maloney, Shane K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bipedal; Dehydration; Heterothermy; Hominins; Rhythms; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIPEDALISM; COLONIZATION; DEHYDRATION; HOMINID; LOCOMOTION; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION;

AFRICA;

PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

EID: 67349138222     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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