Climatic influences on human body size and proportions: Ecological adaptations and secular trends

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 483-503

  Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^a,c   Leonard, William R ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Ecological rules; Evolution; Morphology; Surface area; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRITION; TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CLIMATE; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031869761     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199808)106:4<483::AID-AJPA4>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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