Metabolic Acceleration in Human Evolution.
- Isler K Anthropological Institute and Museum, Division of Biology, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: karin.isler@biol.uzh.ch.
- 2016-07-14
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- Cell metabolism. - 2016
English
Humans stand out among other primates by an unusual combination of a very large brain and high fertility. Pontzer et al. (2016a) present new data on daily energy expenditure in great apes and show that the metabolic rate increased during human evolution.
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- DOI 10.1016/j.cmet.2016.06.015
- PMID 27411003
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