ANTH 239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Change, Jean Piaget, Secondary Sex Characteristic
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By 16-18 years most males have completed puberty. Produce sperm and are physically able to produce offspring. Females by 16 years most young women have completed puberty, the growth rate slows, there is pubic and body hair, a rounded and curved figure because of widened pelvis, hips and breasts. With a well established menustral cycle, a young woman at this point is physically able to produce offspring. Biology best understood by examining and documenting individuals through their life stages. Pubertal development is measured using the tanner stages of development. Males and females experience puberty at different rates. Health and socioeconomic factrs can have significant impacts on pubertal development. Importance of understanding interaction of all the systems. Transitions all occur sequentially but not necessarily at the sme time. Early adolescence -11 to 13 years old - continues to be pushed earlier 9-10. The body organs and reproductive sturctures and functions that differ between.
