life history

ot noun

1. An investigation into the details and activities of a person during his/her lifetime; one's background. His life history shows that he frequently moves from town to town, moving from one job to the next.
2. Information concerning a person's diseases and medical disorders suffered during his lifetime; especially useful if the disorders are genetic.
3. The set of stages that an organism, or a species, experiences over its lifetime, from conception to death.