Metabolic constraint imposes tradeoff between body size and number of brain neurons in human evolution

A Potential Role for Glucose Transporters in the Evolution of Human Brain Size

(2017) Olivier Fedrigo et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Gorilla and Orangutan Brains Conform to the Primate Cellular Scaling Rules: Implications for Human Evolution

(2011) Suzana Herculano-Houzel et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Energetics and the evolution of human brain size

(2011) Ana Navarrete et al.   NATURE

Scaling of Brain Metabolism with a Fixed Energy Budget per Neuron: Implications for Neuronal Activity, Plasticity and Evolution

(2011) Suzana Herculano-Houzel   PLoS One

Phylogenetic rate shifts in feeding time during the evolution of Homo

(2011) C. Organ et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Energetic consequences of thermal and nonthermal food processing

(2011) R. N. Carmody et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reconstructing the ups and downs of primate brain evolution: implications for adaptive hypotheses and Homo floresiensis

(2010) Stephen H Montgomery et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Cellular Scaling Rules for the Brains of an Extended Number of Primate Species

(2010) Mariana Gabi et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Comparative expression analysis of the phosphocreatine circuit in extant primates: Implications for human brain evolution

(2010) Adam D. Pfefferle et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

Metabolic adaptation for low energy throughput in orangutans

(2010) H. Pontzer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The human brain in numbers: a linearly scaled-up primate brain

(2009) Suzana Herculano-Houzel   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Equal numbers of neuronal and nonneuronal cells make the human brain an isometrically scaled-up primate brain

(2009) Frederico A.C. Azevedo et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Ecological consequences of scaling of chew cycle duration and daily feeding time in Primates

(2009) Callum F. Ross et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

The energetic significance of cooking

(2009) Rachel N. Carmody et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

Great apes prefer cooked food

(2008) Victoria Wobber et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

Traditional nutritional analyses of figs overestimates intake of most nutrient fractions: a study ofFicus perforata consumed by howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata mexicana)

(2007) Tania Urquiza-Haas et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY