HealthSports The Physical Activity Mismatch: Can Evolutionary Perspectives Inform Exercise Recommendations? It’s highly likely that some degree of mismatch exists between our modern environment and the…James SteeleMay 3, 2020
AnthropologySports Fa’asamoa of Tattooing and Football: Conservatism and Adaptation in Samoan Cultural Evolution Two new books published in 2018 emphasize the role of fa’asamoa in amplifying “sticky” cultural…Christopher D. LynnJanuary 25, 2019
SportsUncategorized Territoriality in Sports Signaling territoriality of home-playing athletes might contribute to the home advantage.Philip FurleyOctober 28, 2018
BiologySports Why Do Men Play and Watch Sports? Men have evolved mechanisms that motivate them to engage in physical competitions with other men…Menelaos ApostolouMay 1, 2017
BiologySports Going For It: When Risk Is Worth It, And When It’s Not Throughout evolutionary history, humans have had to deal with risk. Risk-sensitivity theory offers an explanation…Josh Gonzales, Sandeep MishraNovember 21, 2016
BiologyBusinessSports Memo To Amazon’s Jeff Bezos: The Most Productive Workers Are Team Players, Not Selfish Individualists ‘Ruthless’ and ‘demanding’ are two descriptors of Amazon's working environment, sink or swim. But Amazon…Alistair Thorpe, Rick O’GormanOctober 12, 2016
Sports Do NBA Video Games Reflect the Real Game? Video games of professional sports teams are quite popular and are frequently updated to reflect…Dieter ArmbrusterSeptember 12, 2016
Sports Why Do We Watch and What Are We Watching? An Evolutionary Perspective on the Olympics The gathering of different polities to compete on the playing field may date back to…Michelle Scalise SugiyamaAugust 7, 2016
Sports Game, Set but no Match: what evolutionary theory reveals about marriage and its effect on sporting performance From an evolutionary view, Andy Murray's recent Wimbledon win, after a three year slump since…Daniel FarrellyAugust 2, 2016
EconomySports Evolutionary Sports Economics Are sports evolving?Jason Potts, Stuart ThomasMay 6, 2016
