life history

noun

1

: a history of the changes through which an organism passes in its development from the primary stage to its natural death

2

: the history of an individual or thing

Examples of life history in a Sentence

studying the life history of bears

Recent Examples on the Web

The characters—ebony, sandalwood, ceiba, redwood and so on—quickly come to feel like old friends, their long life histories carefully told and the stakes of their uncertain futures in the Anthropocene clearly laid out. —Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024

Advertisement Experts hope to conduct DNA analyses and possibly reconstruct detailed life histories, as well as looking into social patterns in Viking Age, such as kinship, migration patterns and more. —James Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024

Changes in life history traits and transcriptional regulation of Coccinellini ladybirds in using alternative prey Arthropods. —Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024

Purdue University, working with the state, created a population model simulating the life history of bobcats allowing DNR to identify a sustainable harvest level for bobcats. —Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Kids Definition

life history

noun

1

: a history of the changes through which a living thing passes in its development from the first stage to its natural death

2

: life cycle sense 1

Medical Definition

life history

noun

1

a

: a history of the changes through which an organism passes in its development from the primary stage to its natural death

b

: one series of the changes in a life history

2

: the history of an individual's development in his or her social environment