Background Extreme heat events are increasing in frequency, severity, and duration. It is
well known that heat stress can have a negative impact on occupational health and …

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+ …

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

▪ Abstract Evolutionary trends in human body form provide important context for interpreting
variation among modern populations. Average body mass in living humans is smaller than it …

Human height is a highly variable trait, both within and between populations, has a high
heritability, and influences the manner in which people behave and are treated in society …

Failure to achieve a lean and muscular build, a prominent characteristic of masculinity for
many men, may lead to body dissatisfaction. In four studies the authors used silhouette …

Our view of H. erectus is vastly different today than when Pithecanthropus erectus was
described in 1894. Since its synonimization into Homo, views of the species and its …

Humans inhabit a remarkably diverse range of environments, and adaptation through
natural selection has likely played a central role in the capacity to survive and thrive in …

This study investigates variation in body growth (cross‐sectional height and weight velocity)
among a sample of 22 small‐scale societies. Considerable variation in growth exists among …

Increasing body and brain size constitutes a key macro-evolutionary pattern in the hominin
lineage, yet the mechanisms behind these changes remain debated. Hypothesized drivers …