Late Developer Imprecise term describing a child whose development seems to lag behind that of his peers. Laypersons use the terms "late developer" or "late bloomer" to describe the child or adolescent whose development is...

Also sometimes used are terms that specify one's age in numbers, such...

Abstract Since 1985, when a bibliography concerning studies on surnames and genetic structure appeared, the number of publications on this subject has increased a thousandfold. New topics and uses have been added, but large gaps in knowledge remain. Only studies on isonymy in cities...

Human Biology and History, M. Smith, ed. Society for the Study of Human Biology Series 42. London: Taylor & Francis, 2002. xvi + 219 pp. $102 (cloth). Human Biology and History is a collection of papers from a Society for the Study of...

Helping the world's poor adapt to more floods, droughts and other changes from a warming planet will cost the richest nations at least $86 billion a year by 2015, an expert panel warned Tuesday."They must have help from the rich world," said Claes Johnasson, a...

Helping the world's poor adapt to more floods, droughts and other changes from a warming planet will cost the richest nations at least $86 billion a year by 2015, an expert panel warned Tuesday."They must have help from the rich world," said Claes Johnasson, a...