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A trade-off between cognitive and physical performance, with relative preservation of brain function
Debate surrounds the issue of how the large, metabolically expensive brains of Homo sapiens can be energetically afforded. At the evolutionary level, decreased investment in muscularity, adiposity and the digestive tract allow for a larger brain. Developmentally, high neo-natal adiposity and prefere...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5651807/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29057922 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14186-2 |