Dr. Yana Kamberov’s Research on the Evolutionary Genetics of Human Sweat Featured in New Book

By Eileen McCann

Humans are the sweatiest primate, and the only mammal that relies primarily on sweating as the main mechanism for thermoregulatory cooling. In his new book “Hotwired: How the Hidden Power of Heat Makes Us Stronger”, #1 New York Times bestselling author Bill Gifford highlights Penn Genetics researcher Yana Kamberov’s seminal discoveries on the genetic and developmental bases for the evolution of humans’ exceptional sweating capabilities.