Background. The acceleration of pubertal development is an important medical and social
problem, as it may result in increased morbidity and mortality in later life. This systematic …

The high percentage of fat, about 26–28% in the mature human female, may influence
reproductive ability directly through two mechanisms:(a) fat converts androgens to …

Using data from rural Bangladesh, we explore the hypothesis that women attain less
schooling as a result of social and financial pressure to marry young. We isolate the causal …

Examined the emergence of eating problems in adolescent girls as a function of pubertal
growth, body image, personality development, and family relationships. 193 White females …

Ranging from the latest achievements of modern fertility clinics to the lives of subsistence
farmers in the rain forests of Africa, this book offers both a remarkably broad and a minutely …

In this article we develop and apply a method for estimating fertility in paleodemographic
study. The proportion D30+/D5+, generated from standard life table calculations, is used to …

Awarded the WW Howells Award for the Outstanding Book in Biological Anthropology, this
volume presents a comprehensive, integrated, and up-to-date overview of the major …

Growth, Maturation and Body Composition documents one of the most remarkable and
significant studies in the field of human biology. The Fels Longitudinal Study is the longest …

A series of eight hypotheses is presented, based on the results of current research,
concerning the responsiveness of the human ovary to constitutional and environmental …

The determinants of the timing of menarche are many, and it is difficult to isolate a single
factor which may delay or accelerate this maturational event. Menarche, on average, occurs …