Marcia L Robertson

Datos Biográficos

ID105222
NOMBREMarcia L Robertson
NOMBRESMarcia L
APELLIDORobertson
FIRMAROBERTSON M L
AFILIACIONESNorthwestern University
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS11
TOTAL DE CITAS114
TOTAL COMO AUTOR11
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1992
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2009
ÍNDICE H4

  • The Energetics of Encephalization in Early Hominids

    Jeffrey Snodgra, J Josh Snodgrass et al.CHAPTER2009

  • Energetic Models of Human Nutritional Evolution

    William R Leonard, William Leonard et al.CHAPTEREvolution Of The Human Diet2006

    Over the past decade, biological anthropologists have increasingly begun to rely on energetic models for understanding patterns and trends in hominin evolution (e.g., Leonard and Robertson, 1994, 1997a; Aiello and Wheeler, 1995; Leonard, 2002). The study of energetics is important to evolutionary research for several reasons. First, food energy represents a critical interface between organisms and their environment. The search for food energy, it…

  • Metabolic correlates of hominid brain evolution

    Open AccessW R Leonard, Marcia L Robertson et al.ARTICLEComparative Biochemistry and…2003

  • Locomotor economy and the origin of bipedality

    Open AccessW R Leonard, Marcia L RobertsonARTICLEAmerican Journal of Physical…2001Citada por: 3Referencias: 32

  • Comparative primate energetics and hominid evolution

    Open AccessW R Leonard, Marcia L RobertsonARTICLEAmerican Journal of Physical…1997Referencias: 58

    There is currently great interest in developing ecological models for investigating human evolution. Yet little attention has been given to energetics, one of the cornerstones of modern ecosystem ecology. This paper examines the ecological correlates of variation in metabolic requirements among extant primate species, and uses this information to draw inferences about the changes in energy demands over the course of human evolution. Data on body …

  • Rethinking the Energetics of Bipedality

    W R Leonard, Marcia L RobertsonARTICLECurrent Anthropology1997Citada por: 18Referencias: 3

  • On Diet, Energy Metabolism, and Brain Size in Human Evolution

    W R Leonard, Marcia L Robertson et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology1996Citada por: 12

  • Biology and Body Size in Human Evolution

    Richard J Smith, Gene H Albrecht et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology1996Citada por: 72

  • Energetic efficiency of human bipedality

    Open AccessW R Leonard, Marcia L RobertsonARTICLEAmerican Journal of Physical…1995Citada por: 9Referencias: 14

  • Evolutionary perspectives on human nutrition

    Open AccessW R Leonard, Marcia L RobertsonARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology1994

    Human dietary patterns and metabolic requirements are compared to those of nonhuman primate species in order to gain insights into the evolution of our nutritional needs. In general, primate diet quality (i.e., caloric and nutrient density) is inversely related to body size and total resting metabolic requirements (RMR). Humans, however, consume a diet of much higher quality than is expected for our size and metabolic needs. This energy‐rich diet…

  • Nutritional requirements and human evolution

    Open AccessW R Leonard, Marcia L RobertsonARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology1992

    A bioenergetics model is developed to examine changes in metabolic requirements over the course of human evolution. Data on (1) body size and resting metabolism, (2) brain size and metabolism, (3) activity budgets, and (4) foraging patterns for humans and other anthropoids are used to evaluate ecological correlates of variation in diet and energy expenditure. Analyses of variation in these extant species provide a framework for estimating (1) res…