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| + | Panting is the way that most animals regulate their body temperature. Humans unlike other animals don't pant but why? | ||
| + | The answer is that somewhere along our evolutionary path humans lost our fur and began to sweat. Sweating achieves the same re-regulation of the body temperature, but what benefits does panting have over sweating? While most animals do pant it is actually not as good as a method of regulation because panting limits the stamina of the animal, and sometimes does not even cause the animal to cool down. For these reasons, hominids somewhere along the line made the switch from panting to sweating. | ||
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| + | By: Anna-William Kornberg | ||
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| + | Manual Page-20 | ||
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| + | "Why Do Dogs Pant?" Pet MD. Pet360, 2014. Web. 8 Oct. 2014.<http://www.petmd.com/dog/behavior/evr_dg_why_do_dogs_pant> | ||
Revision as of 18:41, 8 October 2014
Return to History 8 Human Origins Vocabulary
Panting is the way that most animals regulate their body temperature. Humans unlike other animals don't pant but why? The answer is that somewhere along our evolutionary path humans lost our fur and began to sweat. Sweating achieves the same re-regulation of the body temperature, but what benefits does panting have over sweating? While most animals do pant it is actually not as good as a method of regulation because panting limits the stamina of the animal, and sometimes does not even cause the animal to cool down. For these reasons, hominids somewhere along the line made the switch from panting to sweating.
By: Anna-William Kornberg
Sources:
Manual Page-20
"Why Do Dogs Pant?" Pet MD. Pet360, 2014. Web. 8 Oct. 2014.<http://www.petmd.com/dog/behavior/evr_dg_why_do_dogs_pant>
