Human Energetics in Biological Anthropology

Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: S. J. Ulijaszek, S.j. Ulijaszek, Stanley J. Ulijaszek, Stanley J. (University of Cambridge) Ulijaszek
• Mitarbeit: R. A. Foley (Herausgeber), C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 22.08.2005
• EAN: 9780521018524
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01852-4
• Seiten: 248
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Biologica
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Allgemeines, Lexika