Humans are one of the very few mammals on Earth capable of producing massive amounts of watery sweat to cool down, a feature known as persistence hunting that originally allowed…

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Humans are one of the very few mammals on Earth capable of producing massive amounts of watery sweat to cool down, a feature known as persistence hunting that originally allowed our ancient ancestors to literally run prey animals to death through sheer exhaustion and overheating; while cheetahs and lions have to stop and pant after a short sprint to avoid cooking their own brains, your body is an advanced evaporative cooling machine, which sounds incredibly badass until you remember that your primary use for this elite evolutionary trait is sweating profusely through your favorite shirt during a high-stakes video call because you drank too much iced coffee and cannot figure out how to unmute your microphone