The human lifespan

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• Prenatal (From fertilisation until birth)

• Infancy (From birth until age 2)

• Early childhood (From age 2 until age 6)

• Late childhood (From age 6 to age 12)

• Youth (From age 12 to age 18)

• Early adulthood (From age 18 to age 40)

• Middle adulthood (From age 40 to age 65)

• Late adulthood (From age 65 until death)

• Development of the body's organs and structures, and substantial growth.

• Development of motor skills and ability to walk, use simple words, identify familiar people, throw tantrums, and play social games. 

• Slow and steady growth and the accomplishment of new skills such as social skills, being toilet trained, and making friends. 

• Slow and steady growth - changes such as refining reading and writing skills, developing long term memory, understanding gender stereotypes, and refining motor skills. 

• Rapid growth, increased independance, sexual maturity, the ability to reproduce, more complex relationships, development of life goals.

• The body reaches it's physical peak and then declines, time of maintenance and repair, changes may come with marriage and/or children. 

• Stability in work and relationships, the further development of identity, maturation of values and beliefs, financial security, physical signs of aging and menopause for women. May become grandparents.

• Change in lifestyle with retirement and financial security, likely more participation in voluntary work and in leisure activities, the decline of health and wellbeing.