Child growth: plasticity and environment
<p>The evolution of the human growth curve is characterized primarily by an attenuation of childhood, followed by a relatively brief, intense adolescent spurt. The primary selective pressure underlying this evolutionary trend is not certain; however, the extended period of biological immaturit...
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Smith-Gordon Publishing
2009
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