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Primate energy expenditure and life history

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Pontzer, Herman, Raichlen, David A., Gordon, Adam D., Schroepfer-Walker, Kara K., Hare, Brian, O’Neill, Matthew C., Muldoon, Kathleen M., Dunsworth, Holly M., Wood, Brian M., Isler, Karin, Burkart, Judith, Irwin, Mitchell, Shumaker, Robert W., Lonsdorf, Elizabeth V., Ross, Stephen R.·2014·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Significance: Measurements of daily energy expenditure indicate that primates, including humans, expend only half of the calories expected for mammals of similar body size. As energy expenditure is central to organismal biology, these results hold important implications for life history, evolutionary biology, and foraging ecology for primates and other mammals. Specifically, we show that primates’ remarkably low metabolic rates account for their distinctively slow rates of growth, reproduction, and aging.

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Authors: Pontzer, H., Raichlen, D. A., Gordon, A. D., Schroepfer-Walker, K. K., Hare, B., O’Neill, M. C., Muldoon, K. M., Dunsworth, H. M., Wood, B. M., Isler, K., Burkart, J., Irwin, M., Shumaker, R. W., Lonsdorf, E. V., & Ross, S. R.
Affiliations: Hunter College (US)
University of Arizona (US)
University at Albany, State University of New York (US)
Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708;
Duke University (US)
Stony Brook School (US)
Dartmouth College (US)
University of Rhode Island (US)
Yale University (US)
University of Zurich (CH)
Northern Illinois University (US)
Indianapolis Zoo (US)
Franklin & Marshall College (US)
Lincoln Park Zoo (US)
ORCID: Pontzer, Herman
Raichlen, David A.
Gordon, Adam D.
O’Neill, Matthew C.
Muldoon, Kathleen M.
Dunsworth, Holly M.
Wood, Brian M.
Isler, Karin
Burkart, Judith
Irwin, Mitchell
Lonsdorf, Elizabeth V.
Ross, Stephen R.
Venue: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
Published: 2014-01-13
Volume: 111
Issue: 4
Pages: 1433-1437
ISSN: 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1316940111
PMC: PMC3910615
OpenAlex: W2101391314
Cited by: 165
References: 31
Citations by year: 2026: 8 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 23 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 6
FWCI: 26.67
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Locations: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
Journal of Media Literacy Education (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
The 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Knoxville, Tennessee
Funders: National Science Foundation (0850815)
National Geographic Society
Topics: Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Primate Behavior and Ecology
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Physiological and biochemical adaptations
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Keywords: total energy expenditure, primate life history, slow growth, maximum lifespan, somatic investment, brain development, metabolic adaptation, cross-species comparison, placental mammals, physical activity
MeSH terms: Animals, Basal Metabolism, Energy Metabolism, Humans, Life Cycle Stages, Primates

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