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Metabolic acceleration and the evolution of human brain size and life history

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  • Herman Pontzer

    (Hunter College
    New York Consortium for Evolutionary Primatology)

  • Mary H. Brown

    (Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo)

  • David A. Raichlen

    (School of Anthropology, University of Arizona)

  • Holly Dunsworth

    (University of Rhode Island)

  • Brian Hare

    (Duke University)

  • Kara Walker

    (Duke University)

  • Amy Luke

    (Public Health Sciences, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago)

  • Lara R. Dugas

    (Public Health Sciences, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago)

  • Ramon Durazo-Arvizu

    (Public Health Sciences, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago)

  • Dale Schoeller

    (Nutritional Sciences, Biotechnology Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison)

  • Jacob Plange-Rhule

    (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology)

  • Pascal Bovet

    (Institute of Social & Preventive Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital
    Ministry of Health)

  • Terrence E. Forrester

    (UWI Solutions for Developing Countries, The University of the West Indies)

  • Estelle V. Lambert

    (Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape Town)

  • Melissa Emery Thompson

    (University of New Mexico)

  • Robert W. Shumaker

    (Indianapolis Zoo
    Indiana University
    Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University)

  • Stephen R. Ross

    (Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo)

Abstract

Compared to other apes, humans live longer, reproduce faster and have larger brains; here, total energy expenditure is studied in humans and all species of great ape, and is shown to be significantly higher in humans, demonstrating that the human lineage has experienced an energy-boosting acceleration in metabolic rate.

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  • Herman Pontzer & Mary H. Brown & David A. Raichlen & Holly Dunsworth & Brian Hare & Kara Walker & Amy Luke & Lara R. Dugas & Ramon Durazo-Arvizu & Dale Schoeller & Jacob Plange-Rhule & Pascal Bovet & , 2016. "Metabolic acceleration and the evolution of human brain size and life history," Nature, Nature, vol. 533(7603), pages 390-392, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:533:y:2016:i:7603:d:10.1038_nature17654
    DOI: 10.1038/nature17654
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    1. Hilmi Uysal & Hüseyin Tuğrul Atasoy & Uğur Bilge, 2017. "An essay on the biological origin of producing surplus value by human labor," Journal of Bioeconomics, Springer, vol. 19(2), pages 187-199, July.

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