Decomposing stature into its major components is proving to be a useful strategy to assess
the antecedents of disease, morbidity and death in adulthood. Human leg length (femur+ …

The duality of the skeleton as both a biological and cultural entity has formed the theoretical
basis of bioarchaeology. In recent years bioarchaeological studies have stretched the early …

Previous research suggested that sex differences in personality traits are larger in
prosperous, healthy, and egalitarian cultures in which women have more opportunities …

The life history of Homo sapiens is characterized by a lengthy period of juvenile
dependence that requires extensive allocare, short interbirth intervals with concomitantly …

Thin on the Ground: Neandertal Biology, Archeology and Ecology synthesizes the current
knowledge about our sister species the Neandertals, combining data from a variety of …

Bergmann's rule, which proposes a heat‐balance explanation for the observed latitudinal
gradient of increasing animal body size with increasing latitude, has dominated the study of …

Although previous research has consistently documented that immigrants to the United
States have better mental health than US natives, little is known about why this difference …

Hominin evolutionary history is characterized by regular dispersals, cycles of colonization,
and entry into novel environments. This article considers the relationship between such …

Recent fossil and archaeological finds have complicated our interpretation of the origin and
early evolution of genus Homo. Using an integrated data set from the fossil record and …

Background and Methods Both the concept of 'brain-sparing'growth and associations
between relative lower limb length, childhood environment and adult disease risk are well …