The Growth of Humanity Barry Bogin The growth of human populations and human physical growth are intimately related, and their combined study links several fields including anthropology, demography, economics, and history. The Growth of Humanity provides an introduction to key concepts, methods of research, and essential discoveries in the fields of human demography and human growth and development, particularly in relation to disease, nutrition, and aging. This book explains the evolution and significance of human life history, especially human childhood and adolescence, and shows how new stages of human development lead inextricably to the growth of the entire human population. Providing a comprehensive and exciting biocultural perspective into the uses of demography in the real world, this first volume in the new Wiley series, Foundations of Human Biology, explains how and why the way people grow leads to greater human reproductive success than that of any other mammal. Written in an appealing, accessible style, The Growth of Humanity reviews such topics as: * How populations grow: history, methods, and principles of demography * Basic principles of human growth and development * Evolution of human life history * Food, demography, and growth * Migration and human health * Anthropometric history * The aging of humanity * And much more The Growth of Humanity is appropriate as an introduction for graduate students and advanced undergraduates studying human growth/development and demography while also proving to be a fascinating read for demographers, anthropologists, and human biologists.
About the Author
Barry Bogin was born in Philadelphia in 1950. He is Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Dr. Bogin received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Temple University in 1977. Before joining the faculty at UM-Dearborn in 1982 he was a Visiting Professor at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala in Guatemala City and Assistant Professor at Wayne State University.
