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.

• 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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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.

• 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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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.

• 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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