A theory of technophysio evolution, with some implications for forecasting population, health care costs, and pension costs.

Part of a special issue on the demography of aging. The writers maintain that over the past 300 years, human physiology has been undergoing extreme environmentally induced transformations made possible by various advances in technology. These changes, which they term technophysio evolution, enlarg...

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Published in:	Demography Vol. 34; pp. 49 - 67
Main Authors:	Fogel, Robert W., Costa, Dora L.
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Science & Business Media B.V. February 1997
Subjects:	Effect of environment on human beings Body size History of technological innovations Human evolution Population forecasting Mortality
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost