Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5097871 | The Journal of Economic Asymmetries | 2011 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
This paper discusses findings from The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700 (Cambridge University Press) The book is built on the authors' work with 300 years of height and nutrition data and discusses their findings in the context of technophysio evolution, a uniquely modern form of rapid physiological development, the result of humanity's ability to control its environment and create technological innovations to adapt to it.
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Authors
Robert W. Fogel, Nathaniel Grotte,