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Not too big, not too small: why modern humans are the ideal size for speed

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Title
Not too big, not too small: why modern humans are the ideal size for speed
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The Conversation
DOI 10.64628/aa.s6yxcfegg
Authors

Clemente, Christofer

Abstract

What do the world’s fastest creatures on land, sea and air all have in common? My colleagues and I have taken a key step towards solving this mystery.

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 119. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 November 2024.
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