Year: 1977
Type: article
Abstract: On the basis of information from literature, the author describes secular trends in modern man. Particular attention was paid to explained as well as still awaiting explanation questions concerning the acceleration of development, diseases, physical capacity, and problems of retarded involutionary changes in the senile organism. Theories explaining the phenomenon of the secular trend are presented together with a description of the practical consequences of those developmental changes.
Source: Anthropological Review
Author: Andrzej Malinowski
Institution: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Language: Polish
Topic: Human Health and Disease
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4389849640