Although it appeared relatively suddenly, the current obesity epidemic–largely manifest in
industrialized societies but now spreading to the rest of the world–is the result of interaction …

Global efforts to improve maternal health are the fifth focus goal of the Millennium
Development Goals adopted by the international community in 2000. While maternal …

This chapter focuses on (1) outlining an adaptationist perspective on physical
attractiveness,(2) presenting the basic questions that this perspective leads us to ask,(3) …

One of the most fundamental developments in the history of our species—and one having
among the most profound impacts on landscapes and the people occupying them—was the …

The population explosion that followed the Neolithic revolution was initially explained by
improved health experiences for agriculturalists. However, empirical studies of societies …

Levels of development vary widely within countries in the Americas. We argue that part of
this variation has its roots in the colonial era, when colonizers engaged in different economic …

Human life history is distinguished by long lifespan, delayed reproduction, intergenerational
asymmetric benefit transfers from adults to juveniles and between adults, and a large brain …

This forum reports the results of a National Science Foundation—funded workshop that
focused on the integration and preservation of digital databases and other structured data …

Among the first questions asked when faced with human skeletons are whether the
individual was male or female, and how old he or she was at the time of death. Such …

Stress plays an important role in the etiology of multiple morbid and mortal outcomes among
the living. Drawing on health paradigms constructed among the living augments our …