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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
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1316940111PMC PMC3910615
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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
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
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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