CARTA: Origins of Genus Homo – Herman Pontzer: Energetics and the Ecology of Early Homo

4/22/2016; 19 minutes

In this talk, Herman Pontzer investigates humans' evolving metabolic strategy and its origins in the fossil record. He discusses the ecological pressures that shaped our genus and the evolutionary origins of obesity and metabolic disease. Recorded on 02/05/2016. (#30645)

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