Anthropology of sport and human movement : a biocultural perspective / edited by Robert R. Sands and Linda R. Sands.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Foundations -- 1. Anthropology revisits sports through human movement / Robert R. Sands -- 2. Impact of the concept of culture on the concept of man / Clifford Geertz -- 3. From landscapes to playscapes: the evolution of play in humans and other animals / Kerrie P. Lewis -- Part 2. Evolution of human running: the precursor to sport -- 4. Endurance predator / Bernd Heinrich -- 5. Thermoregulation and hydrating strategies in human evolution / Timothy Noakes -- 6. Homo cursor: running into the Pleistocene / Robert R. Sands -- Part 3. Culture, genes, race, and performance -- 7. Traditional and modern running culture among the Kalenjin of Kenya: a historical and anthropological perspective / Dirk Lund Christensen and Søren Damkjaer -- 8. Black like me: the shared origins of humanity and why we are different / Jon Entine -- 9. "White" men can't run: where is the scientific evidence? / Yannis P. Pitsiladis, Rachael Irving, Vilma Charlton, and Robert Scott -- Part 4. Past, present, and future -- 10. The paleolithic athlete: the original cross trainer / Loren Cordain and Joe Friel -- 11. When pain = strain = no gain: the "physiology of strain" and exercise intensity, c.1850-1920 / Peter G. Mewett -- 12. Throwing like a Brazilian: on ineptness and a skill-shaped body / Greg Downey -- 13. The DREAM gene for the posthuman athlete: reducing exercise-induced pain sensations using gene transfer / Andy Miah.