Different in degree or kind: higher metabolism (Introduction)

by David Turell , Wednesday, May 04, 2016, 20:37 (2904 days ago) @ David Turell

We burn many more calories than apes, monkeys, etc. part of it is caused by the big brain which burns about 25% of our daily basal metabolism:-http://phys.org/news/2016-05-humans-faster-metabolism-primates-enabling.html-"Loyola University Chicago researchers are among the co-authors of a groundbreaking study that found humans have a higher metabolism rate than closely related primates, which enabled humans to evolve larger brains.-***-"The study found that, adjusted for body size, on a daily basis humans consume 400 more calories than chimpanzees and bonobos (closely related to chimps), 635 more calories than gorillas and 820 more calories than orangutans.-***-"The study found that the percentage of body fat was markedly higher in humans, and only humans showed a significant gender difference - 22.9 percent body fat in men, 41.7 percent body fat in women-***-"'Humans exhibit an evolved predisposition to deposit fat whereas other hominoids remain relatively lean, even in captivity where activity levels are modest," researchers wrote. "Untangling the evolutionary pressures and physiological mechanisms shaping the diversity of metabolic strategies among living hominoids may aid efforts to promote and repair metabolic health for humans in industrialized populations and apes in captivity.'"-Comment: The physical differences are as vast as the issues of consciousness