life history

the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.

Origin of life history

First recorded in 1865–70

We are assuming, of course, that a territory forms no part of their life-history.

Territory in Bird Life |H. Eliot Howard
As regards the life-history, the endogenous (schizogonous) cycle is known in many cases.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 |Various
But to know the live frog—his place in the season and the landscape, and his life-history—is something.

Our Friend John Burroughs |Clara Barrus
There is only one other point with regard to the life-history that need be mentioned.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 |Various

Ward also discovered the teleutospores; nothing has been added to our knowledge of its life-history beyond what he obtained.

Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists |Various

life history

the series of changes undergone by an organism between fertilization of the egg and death

the series of events that make up a person's life