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Extreme events reveal an alimentary limit on sustained maximal human energy expenditure
- View ORCID ProfileCaitlin Thurber1,
- Lara R. Dugas2,
- View ORCID ProfileCara Ocobock3,
- View ORCID ProfileBryce Carlson4,
- View ORCID ProfileJohn R. Speakman5,6,* and
- View ORCID ProfileHerman Pontzer1,7,8,*
- 1Department of Anthropology, Hunter College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
- 2Public Health Sciences, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
- 3Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA.
- 4Department of Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
- 5Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
- 6Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
- 7Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
- 8Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: herman.pontzer{at}duke.edu (H.P.); j.speakman{at}abdn.ac.uk (J.R.S.)
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Science Advances 05 Jun 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 6, eaaw0341
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw0341
Vol. 5, no. 6, eaaw0341
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw0341
Caitlin Thurber
1Department of Anthropology, Hunter College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Lara R. Dugas
2Public Health Sciences, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
Cara Ocobock
3Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA.
Bryce Carlson
4Department of Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
John R. Speakman
5Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
6Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
Herman Pontzer
1Department of Anthropology, Hunter College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
7Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
8Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.