Anthropometric history
An Overview of a Quarter Century of Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3779139 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Komlos (0000-0001-5254-5625, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 341-356 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropologischer Anzeiger (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-5548 • E-ISSN: 2363-7099 |
| Publisher | S ch we iz er ba rt (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1127/0003-5548/2009/0027 |
| PMID | 20440956 |
| OpenAlex | W2045480723 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
The systematic study of human physical stature reaches back into the 18th century. However, until French historians began to explore the socio-economic correlates of human height in the 1960s, the influence of the socio-economic environment primarily interested scholars of sister disciplines such as anthropology, auxology, or even military history. The present review summarizes a number of theoretical issues and new approaches to the understanding of the impact of economic processes on the human organism. Human organisms are sensitive to economic fluctuations and physical stature is an important complementary indicator, illuminating the extent to which a socio-economic or political system provides an environment--broadly conceived--propitious to the physical growth and longevity of human organisms.
Anthropometry · Biological anthropology · Human biology · Longevity · Political science · Politics · Quarter (Canadian coin) · Sister · Sociology · Anthropology · Historical and modern epidemiology studies · History · Medicine · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Thermoregulation and physiological responses · Gerontology
Secular trends in stature of late 20th century white South Africans and two European populations
The influence of climate on age at menarche
Changes of the main body measurements in the late 20th – early 21st century (based on data published in foreign periodicals for the last 15 years)
Sex, Sport, IGF-1 and the Community Effect in Height Hypothesis
Determinants of height and biological inequality in Mediterranean Spain, 1859–1967
The gender gap in the biological living standard in Spain. A study based on the heights of an elite migration to Mexico, 1840-1930
Diachronic Height Changes in Europe From the Mesolithic to the Present
Over reusachtige Nederlanders. De toename van de lichaamslengte in Nederland (1850-2007) in grote lijnen
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr. De eenzame hoogte van Johann Sebastian Bach
A century of trends in adult human height
Rethinking the Fertility Transition in Rural Aragón (Spain) Using Height Data
The association between male height and lifespan in rural Spain, birth cohorts 1835-1939
Breaking the misery wheel? Fertility control, social mobility, and biological well-being in rural Spain (1835–1959)
The effect of height on family formation in rural Spain, birth-cohorts 1835–1975
Examination of Differences in Height, Weight, and Body Mass Index (BMI) of Students from Two Disparate School Districts in Central New Jersey
Health and lifespan of Swiss men born in an alpine region in 1905–1907
Early-life conditions, height and mortality of nineteenth-century Dutch vagrant women
The legacy of a standard of normality in child nutrition research
Revisiting the relationship between height and lifespan in an urban setting
Secular change in adult stature of modern G reeks
Harris lines revisited
Biological Welfare and Nutritional Inequality in Rural Mediterranean Spain
Socio-Economic Determinants and Spatial Convergence of Biological Well-Being
Body height of mummified pharaohs supports historical suggestions of sibling marriages
Ancient‐to‐modern secular changes in Korean stature
The evolution of European cranial morphology
What makes people grow? Love and hope
Did parental care in early life affect height? Evidence from rural Spain (19th-20th centuries)
Sex, Death, and Aristocratic Empire
| Citations per year | 1.93 |
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| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |