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Line graph showing weight percentiles for girls and boys from birth to age 18, with separate dashed and solid lines for each gender, indicating typical weight ranges during child development.

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prenatal development youth adolescence infant and toddler development emotional development psychological development infancy puberty child development adulthood Animal development plant development sleep human evolution birth human genetics Gestation human nervous system human eye mental disorder

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Urie Bronfenbrenner

Russian-born American psychologist

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Louise Bates Ames

American psychologist

Muscles of facial expression, human anatomy, (Netter replacement project - SSC). Human face, human head.

Characteristics of the Human Body