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Simulation study of how body shapes and sizes affected energetic efficiency helps explain relative success of early Polynesian voyaging

Simulation study of how body shapes and sizes affected energetic efficiency helps explain relative success of early Polynesian voyaging
Simulation study of how body shapes and sizes affected energetic efficiency helps explain relative success of early Polynesian voyaging

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0287290

Article Title: Estimated energetic demands of thermoregulation during ancient canoe passages from Tahiti to Hawaii and New Zealand, a simulation analysis

Author Countries: USA, Australia, New Zealand

Funding: AM received financial support from the Maritime Encounters (M21-0018) project funded by Sweden's Riksbankens Jubileumsfond.

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