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Mammals haven't evolved to handle higher mean temps because we haven't had any higher mean temps.
Pretty sure we'll be fine if we manage to address the short term issue of the natural warming timeline being accelerated... evolution can deal with the warming, but it's a generational process, and the accelerated rate probably doesn't allow for enough generations.