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P.E. Wheeler

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Publications

16

Citations

3.4K

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Active since

1978

Affiliations

Liverpool John Moores University(Current)

Liverpool College

Durham University

P.E. Wheeler is an author at Liverpool John Moores University specializing in evolutionary biology, physiology, and human evolution.

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Evolutionary BiologyPhysiologyHuman EvolutionAnatomyBiologyFitnessMedicineAnimal BehaviorHealthMetabolism

Publications per year

1978–2014

16

Publications

16

The Expensive-Tissue Hypothesis: The Brain and the Digestive System in Human and Primate Evolution

Leslie C. Aiello, P.E. Wheeler · Current Anthropology · 1995 · 2.2K citations

Primatology, Evolutionary Biology, Expensive-tissue Hypothesis +9

The evolution of bipedality and loss of functional body hair in hominids

P.E. Wheeler · Journal of Human Evolution · 1984 · 242 citations

Biology, Gross Anatomy, Developmental Biology +7

The thermoregulatory advantages of hominid bipedalism in open equatorial environments: the contribution of increased convective heat loss and cutaneous evaporative cooling

P.E. Wheeler · Journal of Human Evolution · 1991 · 158 citations

Climatology, Thermoregulatory Advantages, Engineering +8

The loss of functional body hair in man: the influence of thermal environment, body form and bipedality

P.E. Wheeler · Journal of Human Evolution · 1985 · 130 citations

Gross Anatomy, Kinesiology, Body Studies +8

The influence of the loss of functional body hair on the water budgets of early hominids

P.E. Wheeler · Journal of Human Evolution · 1992 · 90 citations

Water Budgets, Physiology, Functional Body Hair +4

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