Latin Americans arguably represent the largest recently admixed populations in the world.
This reflects a history of massive settlement by immigrants (mostly Europeans and Africans) …

This essay provides a brief history of the etymology and usage of the phrase 'secular
change'followed by a description of secular changes in height and relative leg length in …

This article analyses not only the determinants of the height of Spain's male populations
between 1859 and 1960 but also the influence that social inequality had upon biological …

Este artículo explora los cambios seculares producidos en el bienestar biológico de los
europeos y las relaciones que se establecen entre el crecimiento económico y el desarrollo …

This article analyses the relationship between male height and age at death and its
evolution over time among conscripts born in fourteen villages in north-east rural Spain. A …

Measuring Up traces the high levels of poverty and inequality that Mexico faced in the mid-
twentieth century. Using newly developed multidisciplinary techniques, the book provides a …

This paper offers new quantitative evidence on living standards in Bourbon America through
a pioneering study of both wages and heights. Wages were not low, nor were heights short …

From the mid-to late 20th century, average birthweight increased in many countries,
including the United States. However, more recent data now suggest that mean birthweight …

After four decades of research in anthropometric history, the use of human stature to
measure changes in standards of living and inequality has become widespread among …

This paper reviews the current wealth of anthropometric history since the early efforts of
Robert Fogel in the 1970s. The survey is based on a quantitative systematic review of the …