2018/12/04 by Bernard J. Feldman, Feldman, Bernard J. · 1 citation
Medicine · Neuroscience · #Adipose Tissue and Metabolism #Thermoregulation and physiological responses #Stress Responses and Cortisol
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1812.02003
The thermoregulation system in animals removes body heat in hot temperatures\nand retains body heat in cold temperatures. The better the animal removes heat,\nthe worse the animal retains heat and visa versa. It is the balance between\nthese two conflicting goals that determines the mammal's size, heart rate and\namount of hair. The rat's loss of tail hair and human's loss of its body hair\nare responses to these conflicting thermoregulation needs as these animals\nevolved to larger size over time.\n