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

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, Terrence E. Forrester, Estelle V. Lambert, Melissa Emery Thompson, Robert W. Shumaker and Stephen R. Ross
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Herman Pontzer: Hunter College
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
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
Stephen R. Ross: Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo

Nature, 2016, vol. 533, issue 7603, 390-392

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.

Date: 2016
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