title: Metabolic Acceleration in Human Evolution.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Anthropological Institute and Museum, Division of Biology, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: karin.isler@biol.uzh.ch.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005298:Fertility; D015186:Hominidae; D006801:Humans; D011323:Primates