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> There's one paper from 2020 suggesting that Neanderthals may have torpor (there's some evidence in bone growth patterns suggesting that they basically just...
by teruakohatu 2y ago
> There's one paper from 2020 suggesting that Neanderthals may have torpor (there's some evidence in bone growth patterns suggesting that they basically just... stopped during winters).
Do you have a link for that. It would be fascinating if true and would easily explain how they were out competed to Homo Sapiens.
There is just one warm-blooded Primate, the Lemur, which experiences torpor. So there is precedent within the order taxon.
- Qem 2y agoI think the paper referred by GP is this one: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003552120300832 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00035...