The Expensive-Tissue Hypothesis

Aiello, L. C., & Wheeler, P. (1995). The Expensive-Tissue Hypothesis: The Brain and the Digestive System in Human and Primate Evolution. Current Anthropology, 199-221.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1995

DOI

10.1086/204350

Link

https://doi.org/10.1086/204350

Cited by

1 citation across 1 artifact.

Domain-specific

• Expensive-Tissue Hypothesis
  • A higher-quality, more readily digestible diet made the smaller gut viable; the saved maintenance energy could then be redirected toward brain tissue.

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