Impact of energy availability and physical activity on variation in fertility across human populations
Abstract Human reproduction is energetically costly, even more so than other primates. In this review, we consider how the energy cost of physical activity impacts reproductive tasks. Daily energy expenditure appears to be constrained, leading to trade-offs between activity and reproduction expendit...
Main Authors: | Srishti Sadhir, Herman Pontzer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-02-01
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Series: | Journal of Physiological Anthropology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40101-023-00318-3 |
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