Nell’ambito delle attività del Socrates Program Teaching Staff Mobility,

giovedì 24 gennaio alle ore 11, presso l’aula 16 della Cittadella Universitaria,

la prof.  Esther Rebato Ochoa e la prof. Itziar Salces dell’Università  del País Vasco terranno un seminario dal titolo:

Human Growth and Development

The lecture is a general introduction on Human Growth and Development.   It will start with an overview on the importance of population studies   of growth from an anthropological perspective, then several general   concepts will be defined (growth, development, maturation) and the   main stages of human life cycle will be characterized. Stature will be   mainly treated, as one of the best descriptors of postnatal growth.   Finally some of the genetic and environmental factors influencing   human growth will be considered in a global way.