{"id":6332,"date":"2017-11-27T16:49:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T21:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=6332"},"modified":"2017-11-27T16:49:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T21:49:27","slug":"andrew-simons-answers-evolution-question-quirks-quarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2017\/andrew-simons-answers-evolution-question-quirks-quarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Simons answers evolution question for Quirks &#038; Quarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What is the evolutionary advantage for\u00a0<em>Homo sapiens<\/em>\u00a0becoming essentially hairless when compared to all other primates?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/andrew-simons\/\">Dr. Andrew Simons<\/a>, a professor in the department of biology at Carleton University, says it depends on which hypothesis you believe.<\/p>\n<p>The leading hypothesis, known as the &#8220;keep cool hypothesis,&#8221; happened\u00a01.6 to 1.2 million years ago. Prior to that point, our human ancestors were eating\u00a0seeds and a lot of other vegetation. Climate change was also occurring at that time, which forced our ancestors to dramatically change their lifestyle to become much more active. That&#8217;s when they started hunting and meat was introduced into their diet.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/quirks\/2017-quirks-quarks-question-show-1.4410487\/what-was-the-evolutionary-advantage-for-homo-sapiens-becoming-essentially-hairless-compared-to-other-primates-1.4410523\">full transcript<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Original Source: Quirks &amp; Quarks, CBC Radio, Saturday November 25, 2017<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What is the evolutionary advantage for\u00a0Homo sapiens\u00a0becoming essentially hairless when compared to all other primates?&#8221; Dr. Andrew Simons, a professor in the department of biology at Carleton University, says it depends on which hypothesis you believe. The leading hypothesis, known as the &#8220;keep cool hypothesis,&#8221; happened\u00a01.6 to 1.2 million years ago. 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