Stone Age vs You: Who Burned More Calories?

Think walking 9 miles a day burns twice as many calories as sitting at a desk? Evolutionary science reveals a mind-blowing truth about how human metabolism actually works. 0:00 Intro 0:25 The Wilderness Workout 1:00 The Metabolic Surprise 1:38 The Energy Budget Sources: • Hunter-Gatherer Energetics and Human Obesity — Pontzer et al. (PLOS ONE, 2012) • Constrained Total Energy Expenditure and Metabolic Adaptation in Humans — Pontzer et al. (Current Biology, 2016) • The Exercise Paradox — Herman Pontzer (Scientific American, 2017) • Evolutionary Medicine and Chronic Inflammatory State — Straub (Neuroimmunomodulation, 2014) • Energy Constraint Among Human Populations — Pontzer (Science Advances, 2016) Subscribe to The Hidden Why for more ancient history vs modern reality! StoneAge #Metabolism #TheHiddenWhy ---