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Are We More Efficient Than Our Ancestors?
11 year old charlotte wants to know how efficient humans are. Expert judge herman ponser is professor of evolutionary anthropology at duke university and author of berne, the misunderstood science of metabolism. To find our winning species, i call on rona piis from leffre University's performance physiology lab. We're more efficient because we're larger. And larger animals use less energy, pound per pound. Caroline has a rabbit cooki and she he might be more efficient than her. Are rabbits more efficient than humans? No, rabbits are not more efficient than human. Humans burn less energy,pound for pound, and need less food, pound for pound, than rabbits
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