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The Anthropology of Sport and Human Movement : a Biocultural Perspective /
The evolution of the human species has always been closely tied to the relationship between biology and culture, and the human condition is rooted in this fascinating intersection. Sport, games, and competition serve as a nexus for humanity's innate fixation on movement and social activity, and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Lexington Books,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Anthropology revisits sport through human movement / Robert S. Sands
- Impact of the concept of culture on the concept of man / Clifford Geertz
- From landscapes to playscapes : the evolution of play in humans and other animals / Kerrie P. Lewis
- Endurance predator / Bernd Heinrich
- Thermoregulation and hydrating strategies in human evolution / Timothy Noakes
- Homo cursor : running into the Pleistocene / Robert R. Sands
- Traditional and modern running culture among the Kalenjin of Kenya : a historical and anthropological perspective / Dirk Lund Christensen, Søren Damkjaer
- Black like me : the shared origins of humanity and why we are different / Jon Entine
- "White" men can't run : where is the scientific evidence? / Yannis P. Pitsiladis [and others]
- The Paleolithic athlete : the original cross trainer / Loren Cordain, Joe Friel
- When pain = strain = no gain : the "physiology of strain" and exercise intensity, c.1850-1920 / Peter G. Mewett
- Throwing like a Brazilian : on ineptness and a skill-shaped body / Greg Downey
- The DREAM gene for the posthuman athlete : reducing exercise-induced pain sensations using gene transfer / Andy Miah.