Hunter‐gatherer populations are remarkable for their excellent metabolic and
cardiovascular health and thus are often used as models in public health, in an effort to …

Ultra-endurance running (UER) poses extreme mental and physical challenges that present
many barriers to completion, let alone performance. Despite these challenges, participation …

Obesity is caused by a prolonged positive energy balance,. Whether reduced energy
expenditure stemming from reduced activity levels contributes is debated,. Here we show …

Integrative explanations of why obesity is more prevalent in some sectors of the human
population than others are lacking. Here, we outline and evaluate one candidate …

Diet composition and food choice are not only central to the daily lives of all living people,
but are consistently linked with turning points in human evolutionary history. As such …

Abstract The Tsimane Health and Life History Project, an integrated bio‐behavioral study of
the human life course, is designed to test competing hypotheses of human life‐history …

Background: Amazonian populations are exposed to diverse parasites and pathogens,
including protozoal, bacterial, fungal and helminthic infections. Yet much knowledge of the …

INTRODUCTION Relative to other great apes, humans have large brains, long life spans,
higher fertility and larger neonates, and protracted periods of childhood dependency and …

The recent characterization of the gut microbiome of traditional rural and foraging societies
allowed us to appreciate the essential co-adaptive role of the microbiome in complementing …

The hunting of wild animals for their meat has been a crucial activity in the evolution of
humans. It continues to be an essential source of food and a generator of income for millions …