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Evolution
Human Evolution Led to an Extreme Thirst for Water
We are more dependent on water than many other mammals and have developed a host of clever strategies for obtaining it
Asher Y. Rosinger is a human biologist at Pennsylvania State University. He studies human variation in water intake and how this relates to environmental resources and health and disease risk. Credit: Nick Higgins
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