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The evolutionary roles of nutrition selection and dietary quality in the human brain size and encephalization

2018-08-15

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Abstract Background Humans and other primates have evolved particular morphological and biological traits (e.g., larger brains, slower growth, longer-lived offspring) that distinguish them from most other mammals. The evolution of many distinctive human characteristics, such as our large brain sizes, reduced gut sizes, and high activity budgets, suggest major energetic and dietary shifts. Main body Over the course...

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Literature Corpus work: ba93a7f2-4e58-5b98-9228-cfb7f5fa7651
DOI: 10.1186/s41110-018-0078-x

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