Human Physical Fitness and Activity

Ann Caldwell received her PhD in evolutionary psychology with distinction from the University of New Mexico in 2013. Her areas of research also include evolutionary anthropology and health psychology. She will hold a postdoctoral research position in the Laboratory for Comparative Human Biology in the Department of Anthropology at Emory University beginning in 2014.

• 1 – Advantages ofevolutionary theory for understanding physical activity.- 2 – Physical activityand life history theory.- 3 – Phylogeny and physical fitness and activity.- 4 –Physical activity and energy expenditure in humans.- Section II: Physicalactivity through the lifespan in light of life history theory.- 5 – Fetaldevelopment and infancy.- 6 – Energetic trade-offs and physical activity duringchildhood and adolescence.- 7 – Physical activity and reproductive ecologyin adults Section III: Summary of proximate mechanisms, an integratedevolutionary model and applications.- 8 – Proximate mechanisms:Psychology, Neuroendocrine System and Central Nervous System.- 9 – Summaryand conclusions.