The Hot Brain: Survival, Temperature, and the Human Body

By Carl V. Gisolfi and Francisco Mora Teruel

From the first unicellular life on Earth, living things have had the capacity to sense heat and cold and to avoid extreme temperatures. With the development of a bigger brain and a constant body temperature, mammals were able to change their habitats. The interplay between behaviour, body temperature and ambient temperature may have played a crucial role in human evolution. In this book Carl Gisolfi and Francisco Mora tell the evolutionary story of the brain and thermoregulation, with an emphasis on modern humans.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262071983
• ISBN13: 9780262071987
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Bradford Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher