Other animals, like ectotherms — lizards, amphibians, and insects — have other behaviors that help keep them cool Humans, however, are in a category of our own We are the only mammal that relies on secreting water onto the surface of. Sweating is a pretty much uniquely human superpower that allowed us to be more active at higher temperatures, so that we could e.g One theory, as the person above you mentioned, is that humans evolved for persistence hunting in hot climates, driving our prey animals to (heat) exhaustion. Perspiration, also known as sweat, is the fluid secreted by sweat glands in the skin of mammals
[1] two types of sweat glands can be found in humans Eccrine glands and apocrine glands [2] the eccrine sweat glands are distributed over much of the body and are responsible for secreting the watery, brackish sweat most often triggered by excessive body temperature Humans aren’t the only animals that sweat Many mammals —among them, dogs, cats, and rats—perspire through the footpads on their paws Chimpanzees, macaques, and other primates are covered.
Other animals, like reptiles, developed different methods, such as basking in the sun or seeking shade, to manage their body temperature based on their environments. Sweating and thermoregulation in the evolution of homo sapiens
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