We can feel heat and cold but we can’t really see it. What is actually happening and why do we prefer a specific temperature?
In: Physics
In definition temperature is the speed at which matter is moving. But an animals ability to perceive and react to temp is different. The way an organism regulates its body temp is a direct result of the environment in which it naturally evolved. Humans are primates which exist in tropical/subtropical environments (except for the Japanese macaque). Humans of course are an anomaly because we can live anywhere on the planet because of our intelligence. But the fact remains we cannot change what we evolved from and we regulate our body temp best in mild temperatures with moderate humidity like the climate of Eastern Africa during the Pleistocene.
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