Showing posts with label evolutionary anthropology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label evolutionary anthropology. Show all posts

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Human adaptations associated with the use of fire



Interesting new EvAnth paper by Wrangham and Carmody.

Some of the adaptations they discuss are of particular interest for us, eg:

"Reduced body hair, with extra warmth achieved at night by resting near a campfire."