Evolutionary interest in human growth and development from the embryo to the adolescent has a long history dating back to the earliest evolutionists, including Darwin, Haekel, and Weismann. The topic ...

For nearly a century scholars have debated when the unique pattern of human growth and development emerged, and characterizing life history in extinct hominins remains a scholarly aim. While the ...

In April, 1985, the FDA banned the distribution of pituitary growth hormone (hGH) because of the possibility that it was contaminated by a “slow virus”. All parents of children receiving hGH ...