Our Changing Bodies: The lessons of anthropometric history

When: Thursday June 11, 2009 at 6:00pm

Where: Gresham College, Barnard's Inn Hall, Holborn, London, England

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Studying the physical stature of people through history can deliver a clearer and more accurate idea of their welfare than we could achieve by mere economic or monetary indicators. The use of anthropometric elements in studying history can greatly enhance our ideas of the changing qualities of life and welfare, and it may even enable us to uncover exciting new regions of our past.

This lecture will offer an introduction and advocation of an anthropometric approach to history.

Speaker: Professor Sir Roderick Floud FBA, is the Provost of Gresham College.

Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/event.asp?PageId=45&EventId=870

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