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Well, given that the category is "Human Anatomy", my answer would be this: Humans, like all mammals, are warm blooded creatures. We make our own body temperature (cold blooded creatures are subject to the air around them - they cannot control their own body temperature).

But that means our bodies only work properly in a narrow range of temperatures. If our environment pushes that temperature above a certain level, we sweat - profusely - to try and cool ourselves down. If the temperature of our environment is too low for us to maintain our normal body heat, we shiver - a last-dich attempt by our bodies to create more heat in our muscles.

The key element is that we strive both physiologically - and by control of our environment - to stay in a temperature range where we can survive. But at least we have some control over that. That's the advantage of being a mammal - a human.

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