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High resting metabolic rate among Amazonian forager‐horticulturalists experiencing high pathogen burden

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2016

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Michael Gurven, Benjamin C. Trumble, Jonathan Stieglitz, Gandhi Yetish, Daniel K. Cummings, Aaron D. Blackwell, Bret Beheim, Hillard Kaplan, Herman Pontzer
American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Abstract

High pathogen burden may lead to higher metabolic costs, which may be offset by smaller body mass or other energy-sparing mechanisms.

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