This completely revised third edition covers the evolution of the human growth pattern, the biocultural factors that direct its expression, and the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that regulate individual development. It is focused towards students in anthropology, economics, psychology, public health, epidemiology, paediatrics and education.
This completely revised third edition covers the evolution of the human growth pattern, the biocultural factors that direct its expression, and the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that regulate individual development. It is focused towards students in anthropology, economics, psychology, public health, epidemiology, paediatrics and education.
Produktdetails
Produktdetails
Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
Barry Bogin is Professor Emeritus of Biological Anthropology, Loughborough University, and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Dearborn. He has expertise in human physical growth and development, nutritional ecology, evolutionary biology, Maya people, and human adaptation. The focus of his research is to explain how social, economic, political and emotional forces influence human physical development. He has authored more than 130 books, articles, book chapters and popular essays.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. Background to the study of human growth 2. Basic principles of human growth 3. The evolution of human growth 4. Evolution of the human life cycle 5. Growth variation in living human populations 6. Genetic and neuroendocrine regulation of human growth 7. What makes people grow? Love, hope, community effects, and strategic growth in the context of environmental factors influencing human development 8. A biocultural view of human growth Glossary References Index.
Introduction 1. Background to the study of human growth 2. Basic principles of human growth 3. The evolution of human growth 4. Evolution of the human life cycle 5. Growth variation in living human populations 6. Genetic and neuroendocrine regulation of human growth 7. What makes people grow? Love, hope, community effects, and strategic growth in the context of environmental factors influencing human development 8. A biocultural view of human growth Glossary References Index.
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