Cara Wall-Scheffler

Cara Wall-Scheffler is Professor and Co-Chair of Biology at Seattle Pacific. Her research focuses on the evolution of human sexual dimorphism, particularly in the context of balancing the pressures of thermoregulation and long-distance locomotion. Her work shows very clearly that different selection pressures have acted on men and women, and that women in particular have a rare (among mammals) ability to work both efficiently and economically when carrying loads.