Human Energetics in Biological Anthropology
Seiten
1995
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-43295-5 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-43295-5 (ISBN)
Many aspects of human activity involve energy transfer of some type. This book considers various ways in which measurements of energy intake, expenditure and balance have been used to study human populations. It will be useful to teachers and students of human biology, anthropology and nutrition.
Many aspects of human activity involve energy transfer of some type. Human Energetics in Biological Anthropology considers various ways in which measurements of energy intake, expenditure and balance have been used to study human populations by biological anthropologists and human biologists. Central to this approach is the concept of adaptation and adaptability, placed in an ecological context by considering such processes in traditional subsistence economies in the developing world. This is the first volume presenting such an integrated approach, and will be useful in the teaching of biological anthropology, human population biology, nutritional anthropology, and third world nutrition at senior undergraduate and graduate student level.
Many aspects of human activity involve energy transfer of some type. Human Energetics in Biological Anthropology considers various ways in which measurements of energy intake, expenditure and balance have been used to study human populations by biological anthropologists and human biologists. Central to this approach is the concept of adaptation and adaptability, placed in an ecological context by considering such processes in traditional subsistence economies in the developing world. This is the first volume presenting such an integrated approach, and will be useful in the teaching of biological anthropology, human population biology, nutritional anthropology, and third world nutrition at senior undergraduate and graduate student level.
Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Theory and Methods: 2. The individual and the group; 3. Methods; 4. Modelling; Part II. Energetics and Anthropology: 5. Reproductive performance; 6. Growth and body size; 7. Energy, effort and subsistence; 8. Energetics and human evolution; 9. Energy balance and seasonality; References; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.6.1995 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology |
| Zusatzinfo | 55 Tables, unspecified; 54 Line drawings, unspecified |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 157 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 484 g |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-521-43295-2 / 0521432952 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-43295-5 / 9780521432955 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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