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An evolutionary anthropologist's research on how our bodies really use energy, and why exercise matters for more than…
Biography
Herman Pontzer is an evolutionary anthropologist at Duke University who studies human metabolism, including research with the Hadza of Tanzania.
Main ideas and philosophy
Pontzer shows that daily energy use is constrained, and that exercise matters for health beyond calories.
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