Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin

Correlative contribution of anthropogenic and natural factors to phenotypic diversity somatic traits during adolescence and youth (based on data from former USSR)

Fedotova T.K., Gorbacheva A.K.

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Mokhovaya st., 11, Moscow, 125009, Russia

Fedotova Tatiana K., PhD., D.Sc.; ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7750-7924; tatiana.fedotova@mail.ru; Gorbacheva Anna K., PhD.; ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5201-7128; angoria@yandex.ru.

Abstract

Introduction. The goal of the study was the comparative estimation of influence of a valid number of anthropogenic and climatic/geographical factors on somatic variability of children through growth spurt peak (13 years) and through final juvenile period of ascending ontogenesis (17 year). Material and methods. Among the analyzed anthropogenic factors are: anthropogenic disbalance of ecosystems, medical/ecological type of the region, quantity, density and income of population, technogenic pollution of water and air. Natural parameters include: insolation level, difference between minimal and maximal month temperature, minimal January temperature, total climate discomfort. To estimate the direction and level of anthropoecological associations correlation analysis has been used for pair combinations of exogenic and somatic parameters. Results. Greater sensitivity to exogenic factors influence is fixed for pubertal children (13 years) as compared to children in the final stage of ascending ontogenesis (17 years). The influence of climatic and anthropogenic factors under discussion is not big and determines not more than 16% of variability of somatic traits. Variation of longitudinal skeletal development is influenced significantly by quantity, density and income of population. Chest girth variations depend on air pollution, average January temperature, volatility of year temperature. Conclusion. Anthropogenic factors determine height/weight parameters first of all. While climatic factors influence the variability of chest girth, which is the marker of functioning of cardiovascular and respiratory systems, thus associated with adaptation to factors of climate discomfort.

Keywords

human biology; body morphology; growth and child development; pediatric; schoolchildren aged 13-17 years

DOI: 10.32521/2074-8132.2020.4.005-019

Цит.: Fedotova T.K., Gorbacheva A.K. Correlative contribution of anthropogenic and natural factors to phenotypic diversity somatic traits during adolescence and youth (based on data from former USSR) // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2020; 4/2020; с. 5-19

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