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    • Nov 22, 2020
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    recent paper featured in Outside Online

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    • Mar 21, 2020
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    video- Evolution of human sweating, talk at Mount Holyoke College, 3/4/2020

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    • Feb 15, 2020
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    Free talk at Mt. Holyoke College, 3/4/2020

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    • Nov 15, 2019
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    Sweat project in UMass news

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    • Nov 7, 2019
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    Sweat glands project summary in 56 seconds

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    • Jun 5, 2019
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    Old School: some thoughts on pursuing a PhD post-30

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    • Mar 22, 2019
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    Training for the Mt. Washington Road Race, n=1

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    • Feb 28, 2019
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    GOT SWEAT? Now recruiting volunteers!

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    • Dec 6, 2018
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    Lactate Threshold and VO2 max

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    • Nov 9, 2018
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    Use it or lose it: the economics of exercise adaptation

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    • Nov 8, 2018
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    Mitochondria are the (purposefully inefficient) powerhouses of the cell.

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    • Sep 19, 2018
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    Dude where's my progress?

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    • Sep 19, 2018
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    Running Primate in the press

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    • Sep 17, 2018
    • 4 min

    2018 Flagellations

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    • May 1, 2018
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    Rust-Busting and Mud Surfing: Orchard Hill Assault MTB

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    • Mar 14, 2018
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    In the news: our primate sweat gland study

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    • Mar 13, 2018
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    Sweaty primates give clues about the evolution of human sweating

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    I'm a biological anthropologist and Assistant Professor in the biology department at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, MA. This is my personal webpage for my research and teaching, and a bit of my sports endeavors. 

     

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    Andrew.Best@mcla.edu

     

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