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12:15 Feb 21, 2010 |
Polish to English translations [PRO] Science - Anthropology | |||||||
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4 +1 | leptosomization |
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leptosomization Explanation: "Body mass in women decrease leading to leptosomization of their of their figures." http://150.254.181.150/abstracts/00025250.htm "Leptosomization and acceleration of growth are the basic tendencies in physical development of modern children. The evidence of an on-going positive secular trend is a 2–4 cm increase in body length in the generation of 17-to-18-year-old men compared with 26-to-29-year-olds, 30-to-45-year-olds and 36-to-40-year-olds. At the same time, the previous generations surpass modern males in the values of chest circumference and body weight." http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpa/24/4/463/_pdf - str.2(464) "Morphology of postcranial skeleton and estimated somatom etric indices reveal tendencies for gracilization during Neolithic transition, improvement of demographical indexes and leptosomization with the rise of civilization." http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=2878449 |
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