American Journal of Human Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of American Journal of Human Biology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Insights into the Y chromosome human diversity in Uruguay84
Reply to the letter titled “Whither Adivasi amid the Covid catastrophe?” by Saini and Nancy27
Stature and Its Association With Physiological Stress Exposure in a Pediatric Autopsy Sample22
Stationarity of the Special Relationship Between the Geographical Distribution of Body Size and Day Length in Japanese Adolescents: Spatial and Temporal Analysis Using a GTWR Model18
Is Social Jetlag Associated With Physical Fitness Among Spanish Adolescents? Insights From the EHDLA Study17
Secular Trends in Birth Weight in Chile and Its Regions Between 1990 and 202117
Expanding the Scope of Heart Rate Variability in Metabolic Health: A Commentary on Sex‐Specific Associations16
Interactions with alloparents are associated with the diversity of infant skin and fecal bacterial communities in Chicago, United States16
Conducting Human Biology Research Using Invasive Clinical Samples: Methods, Strengths, and Limitations16
Physical Activity and Pregnancy Norms Among Daasanach Semi‐Nomadic Pastoralist Women in Northern Kenya15
Socioeconomic Status and Age at Menarche in Türkiye15
Is more prolonged sun exposure associated with healthier life habits and obesity indicators in Portuguese children?15
Contaminant Exposure Profiles Demonstrate Similar Physiological Effects Across Environments Despite Unique Profile Composition in Formosa, Argentina, and Connecticut, USA15
A Preliminary Investigation of Associations Between Traumatic Events Experienced During Pregnancy and Salivary Diurnal Cortisol Levels of Brazilian Adolescent Mothers and Infants14
Scoliosis and skeletal muscle mass are strongly associated with low back pain‐related disability in humans: An evolutionary anthropology point of view14
Prevalence of hypertension among the indigenous population in North‐East India: Is this a consequence of “nutritional transition”?12
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The relationship between total energy expenditure and physical activity level in women living in an impoverished Brazilian urban area12
American Journal of Human Biology Moves to a Monthly Publication Schedule12
Influence of ecoregional and lifestyle factors on growth and body composition of Indian children and adolescents aged 9–18 years—A multicenter study12
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Secular changes in the waist, hips circumferences and selected associated indicators, among preschool children from Kraków (Poland), between 1983 and 201810
Sánchez‐Villagra, Marcelo R. (2022). The process of animal domestication. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ix + 324 pp. $110, hardback, $45, paper10
Breast size in lactating women and the content of macronutrients in human milk10
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Association between age at menarche and cardiometabolic risk among Samoan adults10
Associations of self‐perceived and objective BMI and adiposity status among adolescents from Kraków (Poland)9
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Effect of diet on cardiovascular health‐related circulating parameters in men and women athletes participating in a marathon race: A cross‐sectional study9
Understanding the devastating second wave of COVID‐19 pandemic in India9
African American mothers' perceptions of infant body size are prospectively associated with infant growth and BMI9
BURN: New research blows the lid off how we really burn calories, lose weight, and stay healthy. HermanPontzer. Avery2021, 373 pp8
An approach on the migratory processes in the north of Chile based on Y chromosome analysis8
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Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy reduces postpartum fat mass in adolescents: A randomized trial8
Comparative analysis of the growth and development differences of children and adolescents between developed and undeveloped urban and rural areas in China8
The relationship between mothers' second and fourth finger lengths (2D:4D) and anthropometric measurements (height, weight, head circumference, and 2D:4D) of the newborns8
Associations between autoimmune dysfunction and pollutants in Akwesasne Mohawk women: Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and polychlorinated biphenyl exposure8
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Ultra‐processed food and homemade fried food consumption is associated with overweight/obesity in Latin American university students during COVID‐197
The Portuguese economic crisis is associated with socioeconomic and sex disparities on children's health‐related behaviors and obesity: A cross‐sectional study7
Maternal stress and hair cortisol among pregnant women following hurricane Florence7
Decline in pubertal timing and its relationship with excess weight. A study of the secular trend in age at menarche in girls from La Plata district (Buenos Aires, 7
Validity and reliability of Meu Educativo®: A new tool to assess fundamental movement skills in school‐aged children7
Effects of exercise on whole‐blood transcriptome profile in children with overweight/obesity6
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Maternal age and adverse pregnancy outcomes among Meitei women of Manipur, Northeast India: A cross‐sectional study6
T: The story of testosterone, the hormone that dominates and divides us. CaroleHooven. New York: Henry Holt & Company. 338 pp6
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Do contrasting socio‐ecological conditions bring difference in premenstrual syndrome and its concomitants? A sedente‐migrant comparative study from Eastern India6
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Proceedings of the Human Biology Association 48th Annual Meeting, Peppermill Resort Hotel, Reno, Nevada, April 18–23, 20236
Period: The real story of menstruation. By ClancyKBH, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton Press. 2023. pp. 264. $27.956
Polyunsaturated fatty acid consumption and weight gain during pregnancy: NISAMI Cohort study6
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Cardiovascular disease risk factors distribution and clustering across different geographic levels in Nepal5
Deconstructing sex differences in C‐reactive protein trends over time5
Maternal–infant interaction quality is associated with child NR3C1 CpG site methylation at 7 years of age5
Body norms, body image, and media in a market‐integrating indigenous population in Argentina: A mixed‐methods investigation5
Reference percentiles for tri‐ponderal mass index and its association with general and abdominal obesity among Iranian children and adolescents: A report from the SHED LIGHT study5
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The impact of swaddling upon breastfeeding: A critical review5
Is there an association between proficiency in fundamental movement skills and moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity in childhood on weekdays and weekends? The REACT project5
Associations between milk cortisol and activity of the immune system of milk5
The human biology of spaceflight5
Introduction: The Influences of Religion and Spirituality on Human Biology5
Parental incarceration and child physical health outcomes from infancy to adulthood: A critical review and multilevel model of potential pathways5
Enhancing the discussion on physical fitness assessment in preschool children: A focus on the PREFIT battery5
Toddler hair cortisol levels are associated with maternal prenatal depression5
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Sex segregation in strength sports: Do equal‐sized muscles express the same levels of strength between sexes?5
Religious minority identity associates with stress and psychological health among Muslim and Hindu women in Bangladesh and London5
Body composition of children with different gestation time5
Transition to a market economy and chronic psychosocial stress in northern Laos: An exploratory study of urinary free cortisol in rural residents5
Biological maturation, fat mass and cardiorespiratory fitness in prepubescent girls: A mediation analysis5
Inter‐individual variability in children's physical growth and body composition: Findings of longitudinal ELOS‐Pré study5
Perception of uncontrollable mortality risk is associated with food insecurity and reduced economic effort among resource‐insecure college students during COVID‐195
The impact of catastrophic events on the sex ratio at birth: A systematic review4
Effect of COVID‐19 pandemic on lifestyle and bone mineral density in young adults4
Mother's education and infant survival in Ethiopia4
Athletes in sporting events with upper‐body gripping movements have greater handgrip strength than those in sporting events that prioritize the lower body4
Growth patterns of normo‐nourished Afghan, Haitian and Congolese children aged 6–59 months: A comparative study4
Demystifying mentorship: Tips for successfully navigating the mentor–mentee journey4
Minimally invasive biomarkers in human population biology research, part 2: An introduction to the special issue4
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Body height, weight, and Body Mass Index – magnitude and pace of secular changes in children and adolescents from Kraków (Poland) between 1983 and 20204
Associations of Facial Shape With Physical Strength and 2D:4D in a Turkish Male and Female Sample4
The role of dietary calcium in the etiology of childhood rickets in the past and the present4
Sexual dimorphism in deciduous tooth crown size: Variability within and between groups4
When the flood passes, does health return? A short panel examining water and food insecurity, nutrition, and disease after an extreme flood in lowland Bolivia4
Individual measures of social support may have limited impact on physiological parameters among elderly Kuwaitis4
The impact of thawing duration on leptin and adiponectin levels in frozen human milk samples4
Obesogenic environment around schools is associated with atherogenic risk in Brazilian children4
Double Teeth and Coexistent Anomalies: Examples From Continental Africa4
Dietary calcium versus vitamin D in rickets: A response to Vlok et al.4
Comparison of passive drool and cotton‐based collection methods for salivary C‐reactive protein measurement4
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Obesity and Hypertension: A Study Among Young Adults in Delhi NCR, India4
Association Between Parity and Bone Mineral Density in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey4
Intrasexual Selection for Upper Limb Length in Homo sapiens3
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Recognizing normal reproductive biology: A comparative analysis of variability in menstrual cycle biomarkers in German and Bolivian women3
Sex differences and shifts in body composition, physical activity, and total energy expenditure across a 3‐month expedition3
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The relationship between offspring's 2D:4D ratio and postpartum maternal circulating testosterone, estradiol, and their indices in a Ghanaian population3
MC1R diversity and its role in skin pigmentation variation in West Maharashtra, India3
Religious participation is associated with fewer dementia diagnoses among Black people in the United States3
A multivariate multilevel approach to unravel the associations between individual and school factors on children's motor performance in the REACT project3
Comparison of handgrip strength values in young children when using two different types of dynamometers3
Locus of Control and Mental Health: Human Variation Complicates a Well‐Established Research Finding3
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Opportunities and constraints in women's resource security amid climate change: A case study of arid‐living Namibian agro‐pastoralists3
The influence of perceived stress and motivation on telomere length among NCAA swimmers3
Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents From Southwest Colombia: Association Patterns Considering Adiposity3
Cardiovascular risk factors across different levels of urbanization in Brazilian Afro‐derived communities (quilombos)3
Statistical analysis of the longitudinal fundamental movement skills data in the REACT project using the multilevel ordinal logistic model3
Biophysical evidence to support and extend the vitamin D‐folate hypothesis as a paradigm for the evolution of human skin pigmentation3
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Correction to “Population History and Anthropometric Variation of West Coast Irish Islands”3
Do macronutrient intakes affect obesity indices in Jordanian adults?3
The now and future of human biology at the extremes: An introduction to the special issue3
Small bites: Biocultural dimensions of children's food and nutrition. By TinaMoffat, Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press. 2022. pp. 244. $65 (cloth)3
Somatotype altitudinal variation and its relationship with the nutritional status of children in the Jujuy province, Argentina3
Assessing Children's Growth and Motor Development after the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Insights from the REACT Project3
Using Latent Class Analysis to Characterize Sickness Signaling in Relation to Familism and Public and Private Religiosity in a Stratified US Sample3
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Bothersome symptoms at midlife in relation to body fat percentage3
Evaluating the Concept of Brain Sparing in a High Income Setting, Using Historical Records of Maternal Influenza or Syphilis Infection3
Trend in physical growth among Chinese urban students: Results from five national successive cross‐sectional surveys within the past two decades3
Differential Sex Trends in Infant, Neonatal, and Child Mortality Before and After Decentralization in Pakistan3
The relationship between 2D:4D ratio and postpartum adult female variables in a Ghanaian population3
Consequences of delayed care during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Emerging research and new lines of inquiry for human biologists and anthropologists3
Thermoregulation of Tuvan pastoralists and Western Europeans during cold exposure3
Reliability of field‐ and laboratory‐based assessments of health‐related fitness in preschool‐aged children3
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Composite indexes of anthropometric failure in children under 5 years of age in Argentina: Comparative analysis among regions: 2019–20203
Movement behaviors in short versus adequate nocturnal sleepers: A compositional analysis of preschoolers3
Comparison of total daily energy expenditure with dietary reference intakes values in a sample of urban, relatively active Brazilian adults: A doubly labeled water study3
The Spiral of Attention, Arousal, and Release: A Comparative Phenomenology of Jhāna Meditation and Speaking in Tongues3
Association between muscle strength and executive function in Tibetan adolescents at high altitude in China: Results from a cross‐sectional study at 16–18 years of age3
Associations of vitamin D receptor encoding gene variants with premenopausal breast cancer risk3
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Urbanization and Infectious Disease2
Human biology and the study of precarity: How the intersection of uncertainty and inequality is taking us to new extremes2
Reply to Nwanaji‐Enwerema, 2023, “Exposome and low birthweight selection bias considerations in early life infections and epigenetic age relationships”2
Association between physical fitness and normal weight obesity in children and adolescents from Poland2
Mediation effects of lean mass and fat mass on the relationship between body mass index and handgrip strength2
“Recent Research on the Human Biology of Pastoralists” by B. Campbell2
Association of changes in grip strength with second digit length adjusted for fourth digit length in young children2
Testing the buffering hypothesis: Breastfeeding problems, cessation, and social support in the UK2
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Parental absence during childhood and weight status in adulthood among middle‐aged community dwellers in rural Vietnam2
Signatures of high altitude adaptation in Tibeto‐Burman tribes of the Darjeeling Hill Region2
Exploring the burden of mixed dyslipidemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross‐sectional study in Kashmir, India2
Incidence of excess body weight and annual weight gain in women and men: Results from the ELSA‐Brasil cohort2
Longitudinal analysis of cortisol changes during pubertal development in indigenous Qom girls2
Effect of Month of Birth on Mean Birth Length in Austrian Newborns Born Between 1984 and 20212
Comparison of frame index reference percentiles in Argentine and European boys and girls2
Influence of chest/head circumference ratio at birth on obstetric and neonatal outcomes: The Japan environment and children's study2
Body norms and normative bodies inHighland Guatemala2
Competition Theory in Ecology By Peter A.Abrams, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2022. pp. 336. $45.00 (paperback)2
No association between developmental instability as a general measure of stress and2D:4Ddigit ratios in a non‐western sample2
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Is there a difference in student physical activity between a field school and a traditional classroom setting?2
The Secondary Sex Ratio and Male Mortality at Pre‐Reproductive Ages: A Test of Selection In Utero2
Proceedings of the Human Biology Association 46th Annual Meeting, Virtual (Shindig Platform), March 29–April 2, 20212
Longitudinal changes in juvenile and adolescent body mass indices before, during, and after the COVID‐19 lockdown in New Zealand2
Son Preference, Household Wealth Status, and Desire for More Children in the Context of Polygyny in Pakistan2
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Hand grip strength in boys and girls from summer school camps in Spain, 1900–1925. A comparison with 21st century data2
Age‐related patterns of cytomegalovirus antibodies accompanying Epstein‐Barr virus co‐infection2
COVID ‐19 and India's vulnerable indigenous populations2
Recent Research on the Human Biology of Pastoralists2
Prenatal androgenization (2D:4D) predictions of tennis match‐play success in junior players: A search for physiological explanations2
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Measuring food insecurity: An introduction to tools for human biologists and ecologists2
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Trajectory Analysis of the Four‐Year Changes in Body Composition and Bone Mineral Characteristics Among Highly Competitive Male University Long‐Distance Runners2
Facial cues to physical strength are not always associated with facial masculinity: Comparative study of Europeans and Southern Siberians2
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Grace period of human mortality has declined for over a century2
Study of triglyceride changes during pregnancy and neonatal birth weight and adverse outcomes2
A comparison of FELS and Tanner‐Whitehouse II skeletal ages in male youth soccer players from the Middle East2
Age variation in blood pressure: Rural–urban and sex differences among the Hmar adults of Manipur, Northeast India2
A single bout of breast milk expression does not increase resting metabolic rate2
Distinctive aspects of the immune status of the Kola Saami and Russians living in the Far North2
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Correction to “Low prevalence of anemia among Shuar communities of Amazonian Ecuador”2
Delicious: The evolution of flavor and how it made us human. RobDunn and MonicaSanchez. Princeton University Press, 2021, $14.76 (cloth), 279 pp2
The relative contributions of adiposity and activity levels to physical performance in children with excess weight2
Segmented physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns among children in Maasai village and Nairobi city2
Hand grip strength, standing balance, and rapid foot tapping in relation to the menopausal transition in Campeche, Mexico2
Community food environment and childhood obesity in a medium‐sized Brazilian city: An approach to school and neighborhood environments2
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Severe cyclones and sex‐specific birth outcomes in Queensland, Australia: An interrupted time‐series analysis2
What is normal body weight? Perceptions around “average” and “healthy” body weight among adolescents in Indiana2
Both early and late maternal age at childbirth is associated with increasing odds of central obesity in offspring2
Uncertainty in a globalizing world. Livelihood and fertility variance increases in response to rapid change2
Fertility Behavior in the Context of Polygyny in Pakistan With the Moderating Effect of Household Wealth Status Evidences From Demographic and Health Survey 2017–182
Skeletal muscle mass in competitive physique‐based athletes (bodybuilding, 212 bodybuilding, bikini, and physique divisions): A case series2
Changes in the prevalence of underweight, overweight, obesity and excessive adiposity among adolescents from Kraków (Poland) in the years 1983–20202
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Testosterone deficiency and the risk of anemia: A propensity score–matched analysis2
Generational trends in the transition to womanhood in lowland rural Nepal: Changes in the meaning of early marriage2
Chronic Stress and Severe Water Insecurity During the Historic 2022 Drought in Northern Kenya Were Associated With Inflammation Among Daasanach Seminomadic Pastoralists2
Tracking handgrip strength in Kendo athletes from university to middle and older adulthood2
Changes in the prevalence of undernutrition, overweight and obesity in children and adolescents from Buenos Aires, Mendoza, and Misiones provinces (Argentina) over the last two decades2
Toolkit article: Approaches to measuring social inequities in health in human biology research2
Sex‐specific differences in somatic investment and strategies of physical activity amongPortugueseschoolchildren2
Gestational weight gain and breastfeeding practices in relation to offspring body mass index among Amazonian young children2
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Intention to have a second child, family support and actual fertility behavior in current China: An evolutionary perspective2
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