Possible metabolic constraints on human brain weight at birth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8311482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Herman T Epstein (Brandeis University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 135-136 |
| Publication date | 1973-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330390114 |
| PMID | 4736575 |
| OpenAlex | W2121749884 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
Having humans born with adult‐size brains would entail only a small and readily evolved increase in the size of the human female birth canal. The explanation for the present size of the human brain at birth is then plausibly based on the upper limit of brain that can be nourished by present human nutritional strategies. This limit turns out to be about 10% of the body weight of the newborn infant, in agreement with the actual value
Age limit · Biology · Birth weight · Body weight · Brain size · Human brain · Limit (mathematics) · Pregnancy · Sociology · Birth, Development, and Health · Demography · Endocrinology · Mathematics · Medicine · Neuroscience · Physiology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2016 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |