Herman Pontzer is an evolutionary anthropologist at Duke University, where he is associate professor of evolutionary anthropology and global health.[1] He is best known for his research into human bioenergetics, specifically as it relates to energy expenditure and the exercise paradox.[2][3][4]

Herman Pontzer
Alma materPenn State University (BA)
Harvard University (MA, PhD)
Known forHuman evolution
Scientific career
FieldsBiologist, Evolutionary Anthropology
InstitutionsDuke University

Books

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  • Pontzer, Herman (2021). Burn: The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism . Penguin. ISBN 978-0141990170.

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