There are now 108.4 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, many of whom endure
adversities that result in trauma, toxic stress, and potentially, altered epigenetic …

Studying infants in the past is crucial for understanding the evolution of human life history
and the evolution of cooperation, cognition, and communication. An infant's growth, health …

Developmental plasticity facilitates energetically costly but potentially fitness‐enhancing
adjustments to phenotypic trajectories in response to environmental stressors, and thus may …

Objective Cortisol is a glucocorticoid hormone produced by the hypothalamic-pituitary-
adrenal axis that is regularly assessed in modern human and non-human populations in …

In a systemic effort to survive environmental stress, organ systems fluctuate and adapt to
overcome external pressures. The evolutionary drive back toward homeostasis makes it …

Teeth, with their remarkable preservation in the fossil record, have long been instrumental in
uncovering insights into human history. Similar to the way tree rings record growth patterns …