# Our Changing Bodies: The lessons of anthropometric history

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Sir Roderick Floud FBA
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/our-changing-bodies-lessons-anthropometric-history)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What can the study of height, health and welfare teach us about our past? Can it tell us about our cognitive development or changing lifespans? 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.

## Lectures

1. [Our Changing Bodies: The lessons of anthropometric history](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/our-changing-bodies-lessons-anthropometric-history/66e17346b327) (YouTube)