Human Energetics in Biological Anthropology

by Stanley J. Ulijaszek

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521432952
• ISBN13: 9780521432955
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"