Constraint and trade-offs regulate energy expenditure during childhood

Samuel S. Urlacher; J. Josh Snodgrass; Lara R. Dugas; Lawrence S. Sugiyama; Melissa A. Liebert; Cara J. Joyce; Herman Pontzer

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aax1065

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Constraint and trade-offs regulate energy expenditure during childhood

View ORCID ProfileSamuel S. Urlacher ¹,²,*,
View ORCID ProfileJ. Josh Snodgrass³,
View ORCID ProfileLara R. Dugas⁴,
View ORCID ProfileLawrence S. Sugiyama³,
View ORCID ProfileMelissa A. Liebert⁵,
View ORCID ProfileCara J. Joyce⁴ and
View ORCID ProfileHerman Pontzer²,⁶,*

¹Department of Anthropology, Baylor University, 1214 South 4th Street, Waco, TX 76706, USA.
²Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, 130 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
³Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, 1321 Kincaid Street, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
⁴Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Loyola University Chicago, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
⁵Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, 5 East McConnell Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA.
⁶Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, 310 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: samuel_urlacher{at}baylor.edu (S.S.U.); herman.pontzer{at}duke.edu (H.P.)

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Science Advances 18 Dec 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 12, eaax1065
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax1065

Samuel S. Urlacher

1Department of Anthropology, Baylor University, 1214 South 4th Street, Waco, TX 76706, USA.

2Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, 130 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA.

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J. Josh Snodgrass

3Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, 1321 Kincaid Street, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.

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Lara R. Dugas

4Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Loyola University Chicago, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.

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Lawrence S. Sugiyama

3Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, 1321 Kincaid Street, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.

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Melissa A. Liebert

5Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, 5 East McConnell Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA.

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Cara J. Joyce

4Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Loyola University Chicago, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.

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Herman Pontzer

2Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, 130 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA.

6Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, 310 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

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