1. Biological Anthropology
Ways in Which We Are Similar (and the implications this has)

2. US Population Estimate: 326,378,682
World Population Estimate: 7,438,590,550
19:09 UTC (EST+5) December 4, 2017

3. US Population Estimate: 325,652,055 World Population Estimate:
7,410,088,210
23:54 UTC (+7) August 13, 2017

4. since the semester began
US Population Increase: 726,627
World Population Increase: 28,502,340
since the semester began

5. What Factors Are Contributing to this Increase?
Health Care
Agriculture
The World Health Organization (WHO) is launching a new drive to vaccinate Africans against meningococcal A disease
Advances in food production and distribution have made more food available to more people than ever before

6. Access to Improved Health Care
A Privilege or a Right?

7. Changes in Agriculture
A Blessing or a Curse?

8. Or is just another thing that should be bought and sold…
Is it?
Or is just another thing that should be bought and sold…

9. like water…

10. You are a part of the global system.
Your voice matters.
Your choices count.

11. And About Your Choices

12. Human Life Cycle Consists of numerous identifiable events
Prenatal
First trimester
Second trimester
Third trimester
Postnatal
Neonatal (birth to 28 days)
Infancy (2 month to 36 month)
Childhood (3 to 7 years)
Juvenile (7-10/12 years)
Puberty (days to weeks long)
Adolescence (5-10 years long)
So far, so good?

13. Life Cycle Stages Do not all begin at the same time in all people
Onset and end can be affected by environmental factors
Are polygenic traits

14. For example…
Secular Trend in the age of menarche in several industrialized countries

15. Integration of timing of puberty within a spectrum of processes that are influenced by both genetic and environmental factors
Parent, A.-S. et al. Endocr Rev 2003;24:
Copyright ©2003 The Endocrine Society

16. Human Life Cycle Consists of numerous identifiable events
Prenatal
First trimester
Second trimester
Third trimester
Postnatal
Neonatal (birth to 28 days)
Infancy (2 month to 36 month)
Childhood (3 to 7 years)
Juvenile (7-10/12 years)
Puberty (days to weeks long)
Adolescence (5-10 years long)
These are all behind you now!

17. What’s left for you? Adult (20 to end of reproductive years)
Senescence (end of reproductive years to)
Exitus – the “stage” that awaits all living things

18. Your Life Cycle Can be affected by “life style” choices
Your past cannot be changed
Your future can be!

19. Average Life Expectancies
1 Monaco Macau San Marino Andorra Japan Guernsey Singapore Hong Kong Australia Italy Jersey Canada France 81.19
14 Spain 81.17
15 Switzerland 81.07
16 Sweden 81.07
17 Israel 80.96
18 Iceland 80.90
19 Anguilla 80.87
20 Bermuda 80.71
21 Cayman Islands 80.68
22 Isle of Man 80.64
23 New Zealand 80.59
24 Liechtenstein 80.31
25 Norway 80.20
26 Ireland 80.19

20. Average Life Expectancies
27 Germany United Kingdom Jordan Greece Saint Pierre and Miquelon Austria Faroe Islands Malta Netherlands Luxembourg Belgium Virgin Islands Finland 79.27
40 Turks and Caicos Islands Korea, South Wallis and Futuna Puerto Rico European Union Bosnia and Herzegovina Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha Gibraltar Denmark Portugal United States Taiwan Bahrain 78.15

21. Average Life Expectancies
197 Sierra Leone Sudan Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cameroon Burkina Faso Niger Uganda Tanzania Mali Gabon Zambia Namibia 52.19
210 Mozambique Malawi Lesotho Somalia Central African Republic Zimbabwe South Africa Guinea-Bissau Swaziland Chad Nigeria Afghanistan Angola 38.76
Source: accessed 8 May, 2011

22. Your Life Cycle Can be affected by “life style” choices
Your past cannot be changed
Your future can be!