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Sports, team games, and physical skill competitions as an important source of symbolic material culture with low preservation probability

Andrew C. Gallup & Omar Tonsi Eldakar

Behavioral and Brain Sciences2025https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x24001031article
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Sports, team games, and physical skill competitions appear to be a human universal and may have been prevalent throughout the hominin lineage. These activities are cognitively complex and can be associated with a distinctive and symbolic material culture. Yet, many of the artifacts used by foraging groups for sports, team games, and athletic competitions often have a low preservation probability.

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@article{andrew2025,
  title        = {{Sports, team games, and physical skill competitions as an important source of symbolic material culture with low preservation probability}},
  author       = {Andrew C. Gallup & Omar Tonsi Eldakar},
  journal      = {Behavioral and Brain Sciences},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x24001031},
}

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0.41

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.25 × 0.4 = 0.10
M · momentum0.55 × 0.15 = 0.08
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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