Darwinism and the cultural evolution of sports

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-16

  De Block, Andreas ^a   Dewitte, Siegfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; COURTSHIP; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENDURANCE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; MALADJUSTMENT; MATE CHOICE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RITUAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIOLOGY; SPORT; SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TEAM SPORT; THEORY; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; SPORTS;

EID: 63349106934     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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