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Evolutionary anthropology

the finding that humans have evolved a higher total energy expenditure than other apes, fueling larger brains and faster reproduction.

In evolutionary anthropology, metabolic acceleration refers to the finding that humans have evolved a higher total energy expenditure than other apes, fueling larger brains and faster reproduction. This meaning comes from Pontzer (2016) in Nature.[1]

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References

Pontzer, H., Brown, M. H., Raichlen, D. A., Dunsworth, H., Hare, B., Walker, K., Luke, A., Dugas, L. R., Durazo-Arvizu, R., Schoeller, D., Plange-Rhule, J., Bovet, P., Forrester, T. E., Lambert, E. V., Thompson, M. E., Shumaker, R. W., & Ross, S. R. (2016). Metabolic acceleration and the evolution of human brain size and life history. Nature, 533(7603), 390-392. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature17654

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