Auxology is a meta-term covering the study of all aspects of human physical growth; though it is also a fundamental of biology generally. Auxology is a highly multi-disciplinary science involving health sciences / medicine (pediatrics, general practice, endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, physiology, epidemiology, and to a lesser degree other fields), nutrition, genetics, anthropology, anthropometry, ergonomics, history, economic history, economics, socioeconomics, sociology, public health, and psychology, among others. [[{{{diversity_link}}}|Diversity]] {{{diversity}}} Binomial name Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Trinomial name {{{trinomial}}} Type Species {{{type_species}}} Subspecies Homo sapiens idaltu (extinct) Homo sapiens sapiens [[Image:{{{range_map}}}|{{{range_map_width}}}|]] Synonyms {{{synonyms}}} Homo (genus). ... growth is the physical increase in size. ... Main articles: Life The most salient example of biological universality is that all living things share a common carbon-based biochemistry and in particular pass on their characteristics via genetic material, which is based on nucleic acids such as DNA and which uses a common genetic code with only minor... For the scientific journal named Science, see Science (journal). ... Health science is the discipline of applied science which deals with human and animal health. ... See also Medical doctor (BE), Physician (AE), and Medical school. ... Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics or pædiatrics) is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. ... A general practitioner (GP) or family physician (FP) is a physician/medical doctor who provides primary care. ... Endocrinology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the endocrine system and its specific secretions called hormones. ... Neuroendocrinology is the study of the interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system. ... Human physiology is the science of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of normal humans or human tissues or organs. ... Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease in human populations (Rothman and Greenland), and the application of this study to control health problems (Last 2001). ... Nutrition is the study of the relationship between diet and states of health and disease. ... Genetics (from the Greek genno γεννώ= give birth) is the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms. ... Anthropology (from the Greek word άνθρωπος, humane) consists of the study of humankind (see genus Homo). ... Anthropometry demonstrated in an exhibit from a 1921 eugenics conference. ... It has been suggested that Human factors be merged into this article or section. ... History studies the past in human terms. ... Economic history is the application of economic theories to historical study. ... U.S. Economic Calendar Economics at the Open Directory Project Economics textbooks on Wikibooks The Economists Economics A-Z Daily analysis of economics in the news (UK focus) Institutions and organizations Bureau of Labor Statistics - from the American Labor Department Center for Economic and Policy Research (USA) National Bureau... Socioeconomics is the study of the social and economic impacts of any product or service offering, market intervention or other activity on an economy as a whole and on the companies, organisation and individuals who are its main economic actors. ... Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ... Public health is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based on population health analysis. ... Psychology (ancient Greek: psyche = soul or mind, logos/-ology = study of) is an academic and applied field involving the study of mind and behavior. ...

Etymology

Auxology: aux-, pertaining to growth, from Greek auxē, "to increase"; -o-, generic phoenetic combining form, here denoting relationship to growth, stimulation, or acceleration; -logy, pertaining to the study of or science of, from Middle English -logie, from Old French, from Latin -logia, from Greek -logiā, from legein, "to speak", and -logos "word", "speech" and "one who deals with", thus "the character or department of one who speaks or treats of (a certain subject)". Middle English is the name given by historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion in 1066 and the mid-to-late 15th century, when the Chancery Standard, a form of London-based English, began to become widespread, a process aided by the... Old French is a term sometimes used to refer to the langue doïl, the continuum of varieties of Romance language spoken in territories corresponding roughly to the northern half of modern France and parts of Belgium and Switzerland during the period roughly from 1000 to 1300 A.D... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...

Some Auxologists

• Barry Bogin [1] (anthropologist)
• Noel Cameron [2] (pediatrician)
• J. W. Drukker [3] (economist, historian, ergonomist)
• Stanley Engerman [4] (economist)
• Robert Fogel [5] (economist)
• Theo Gasser [6] (statistician, human biologist)
• Francis E. Johnston [7] (anthropologist)
• John Komlos [8] (economist, anthropometric historian)
• Gregory Livshits [9] (human biologist)
• Robert Margo [10] (economist)
• Alex F. Roche [11] (pediatrician)
• Lawrence M. Schell [12] (anthropologist)
• Nevin Scrimshaw [13] (nutritionist)
• Anne Sheehy (human biologist)
• Richard Steckel [14] (economist, anthropometric historian)
• Pak Sunyoung [15] (anthropologist)
• James M. Tanner [16] (pediatrician)
• Vincent Tassenaar [17] (historian)
• Lucio Vinicius [18] (anthropologist, human biologist)

Stanley Engerman is an economist and economic historian at the University of Rochester. ... Robert William Fogel (born July 1, 1926) is an American economic historian and scientist, and Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel winner in 1993 (with Douglass North). ... James Mourilyan Tanner (born August 1, 1920, Camberley, Surrey, UK) invented the Tanner stages, scales for stages of sexual development in puberty. ...

See also

• Nature versus nurture
• Human variability
• Human development
• Human biology
• Standard of living
• Quality of life
• Malnutrition
• Human height
• Human weight

Nature versus nurture is a shorthand expression for debates about the relative importance of an individuals innate qualities (nature) versus personal experiences (nurture) in determining or causing physical and behavioral traits. ... Human variability, or human variation, refers to the range of possible values for any measurable characteristic, physical or mental, of human beings. ... Human development is the physical and mental process of growing from a one-celled zygote to an adult human being. ... Human biology is an academic field of biology which focuses on humans; it is closely related to medicine, primate biology, and a number of other fields. ... The Standard of living refers to the quality and quantity of goods and services available to people. ... The well-being or quality of life of a population is an important concern in economics and political science. ... Malnutrition is a general term for the medical condition in a person caused by an unbalanced diet—either too little or too much food, or a diet missing one or more important nutrients. ... Human height, or stature, is the height of a human being. ... Weight in measuring human body weight in the medical sciences and in sports is a measurement of mass, expressed in units of mass such as kilograms (kg) or pounds (lb). ...

External links

• International Association for Human Auxology
• The Height Gap (The New Yorker)
• A Tall Story for Our Time (Time Magazine)
• Tall Tales: New Approaches to the Standard of Living (Oberlin Alumni Magazine)
• The tall and short of it - range of heights in human demonstrates plasticity of human species (Discover)