ANTH 337 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Doubly Labeled Water, Life History Theory, Cellular Respiration
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Energetics: study of the use and transfer of energy. Life history theory: emphasis on variables such as age maturity, growth rate, fecundity, and life span, provides an explanatory framework for human demographic patterns. Allows us to interpret contemporary human biology through an understanding of the biology of closely related species. Provides perspective by framing the biology of humans in contemporary industrialized societies. Essential for establishing normal parameters in clinical practice: anthropological approach. Dynamic interactions between social and ecological factors in shaping human biology. Cultural factors shape how populations extract energy from the environment and allocate it to various functions at the level of the individual and the group. Basic principles of energetics: energy transfer. How chemical energy is extracted from foods and transformed into energy that is usable for muscular work and other somatic functions: law of conservation of energy. Energy can be converted from one form to another.
