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Sports, Games, and Athletics in Evolutionary Perspective
Special issue of APA’s journal Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 15, No. 2, April 2021. This special issue consists of eight articles that illustrate some of the many approaches that can be taken when studying sports and games from an evolutionary perspective.
Sex Differences in Sports Interest and Motivation: An Evolutionary Perspective [PDF]
Although girls and women in many societies avidly participate in sports, they have been traditionally underrepresented compared with boys and men. In this review, we address the apparent sex differences in sports interest and motivation from an evolutionary perspective.
