Research

Family Demography Publications

Sengupta, J, Kroneis T, Boddy AM, Roy R, Sarkar A, Sarkar D, Ghosh D, Huppertz B. 2024.
"Sperm intrusion into the implantation-stage blastocyst and its potential biological significance."
EMPH. 2024. 12(1), 1-6
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Kapsetaki SE, Compton ZT, Mellon W, Vincze O, Giraudeau MT, Harrison TM, Abegglen LM, Boddy AM, Maley CC, Schiffman JD. 2024.
"Germline mutation rate predicts cancer mortality across 37 vertebrate species. "
EMPH. 2024. eoae016
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Giraudea M, Aktipis A, Conde DA, Baines C, Boddy AM, Bramwell G, Colchero F, Degregori J, Dujon A, Gentes S, Hamede R, Harris V, Lair S, Le Loc’h G, Lemaitre JF, Lemberger K, Lerebours A, Maley CC, Malkocs T, Padilla Morales B, Panabieres C, Pavard S, Roche B, Sayag D, Sepp T, Thomas F, Ujvari B, Urrutia A, Vincze O, Chevallier D. 2024.
"Methods to study wildlife cancer."
Journal of Animal Ecology.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Compton Z, Harris V, Mellon W, Rupp S, Kapsetaki SE, Wilmot M, Kennington R, Noble K, Baciu C, Ramirez L, Peraza A, Martins B, Sushil S, Aksoy S, Furukawa, Vincze O, Giraudeau M, Duke EG, Spiro S, Flach E, Davidson H, Zehnder A, Graham TA, Troan B, Harrison TM*, Tollis M*, Schiffman JD*, Aktipis A*, Abegglen LM*, Maley CC*, Boddy AM* 2024.
"Cancer prevalence across vertebrates."
Cancer Discovery. 2024. *Co-senior authors
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Kapsetaki SE, Compton ZT, Dolan J, Harris VK, Mellon W, Rupp SM, Duke EG, Harrison TM, Aksoy S, Giraudeau M, Vincze O, McGraw KJ, Aktipis A, Tollis M, Boddy AM*, Maley CC*. 2024.
"Life history traits and cancer prevalence in birds."
12(1), 105-116. *Co-senior authors
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Seyedi S, Harris VK, Kapsetaki SE, Saha D, Compton Z, Yousefi R, May A, Fakir E, Boddy AM, Gerlinger M, Wu C, Mina L, Huijben S, Gouge DH, Cisneros L, Ellsworth PC, Maley CC. 2024.
"Resistance management for cancer: Lessons from farmers."
Cancer Research 2024.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Jain, S., Bey, G. S., Forrester, S. N., Rahman-Filipiak, A., Thompson Gonzalez, N., Petrovsky, D. V., Kritchevsky, S. B., & Brinkley, T. E. 2024.
"Aging, Race, and Health Disparities: Recommendations from the Research Centers Collaborative Network. "
The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, gbae028. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae028
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Education and Health, Population Health and Environment
Fox, S. A., Muller, M. N., Camargo Peña, N., Thompson González, N., Machanda, Z., Otali, E.,  Wrangham, R., & Emery Thompson, M. 2024.
"Selective social tolerance drives differentiated relationships among wild female chimpanzees"
Animal Behaviour, 217, 21–38.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.08.008
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Education and Health
Wood, B. M., Raichlen, D. A., Pontzer, H., Harris, J. A., Sayre, M. K., Paolo, B., ... & Mabulla, A. Z. 2024
"Beyond the here and now: hunter–gatherer socio-spatial complexity and the evolution of language. "
Philosophical Transactions B, 379(1912), 20220521. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Raichlen, D. A., Ally, M., Aslan, D. H., Sayre, M. K., Bharadwaj, P. K., Maltagliati, S., ... & Alexander, G. E. 2024. 
"Associations between accelerometer‐derived sedentary behavior and physical activity with white matter hyperintensities in middle‐aged to older adults. "
Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 16(3), e70001.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Cove, C., Chua, K. J., Martin, M., Hubble, & Boddy, A., 2024. 
" Variation in breastfeeding behavior associated with changes in diurnal maternal inflammation. "
Scientific Reports. 14(1), 4376.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Population Health and Environment, Immigration, Race and Ethnicity
Lawson DW, Chen Z, Kilgallen JA, Brand CO, Ishungisa AM, Schaffnit S, Kumogola Y, Urassa M. 2024. 
"Misperception of peer beliefs reinforces inequitable gender norms among Tanzanian men. "
Evolutionary Human Sciences.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Family Demography, Population Health and Environment, Sex and Gender
Kraft, T, Seabright, E., Alami, S., Hooper, P., Beheim, B., Davis, H., Garcia, A., Cummings, D., Eid Rodriguez, D., Gutierrez Cayuba, M., Trumble, B., Stieglitz, J., Kaplan, H., Gurven, M. 2023.  
"Metapopulation dynamics of infectious disease transmission in a small-scale Amazonian society. "
PLoS Biology 21(8): e3002108.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Kapsetaki SE, Fortunato A, Compton Z, Rupp SM, Nour Z, Riggs-Davis S, Stephenson D, Duke EG, Boddy AM, Harrison T M, Maley CC, Aktipis A. 2023.
"Is chimerism associated with cancer across the tree of life? "
PloS one 18.6(e0287901.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Education and Health, Population Health and Environment
AbdulJabbar K, Castillo SP, Hughes K, Davidson H, Boddy AM, Abegglen LM, Murchison EP, Graham TA, Spiro S, Palmieri C, Yuan Y. 2023. 
"Bridging clinic and wildlife care with AI-powered pan-species computational pathology. "
Nature Communications. 14.1: 2408.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Population Health and Environment
Baraka, J., Lawson, D. W., Schaffnit, S. B., Wamoyi, J., & Urassa, M. 2023. 
"Why marry early? Parental influence, agency and gendered conflict in Tanzanian marriages. "
Evolutionary Human Sciences, 4, e49
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Thompson González, N., Machanda, Z., & Emery Thompson, M. 2023. 
"Age-related social selectivity: An adaptive lens on a later life social phenotype. "
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 152, 105294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105294
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Raichlen, D. A., Aslan, D. H., Sayre, M. K., Bharadwaj, P. K., Ally, M., Maltagliati, S., ... & Alexander, G. E. 2023.
"Sedentary behavior and incident dementia among older adults. "
Jama, 330(10), 934-940.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Sayre, M. K., Anyawire, M., Paolo, B., Mabulla, A. Z., Pontzer, H., Wood, B. M., & Raichlen, D. A. 2023
"Lifestyle and patterns of physical activity in Hadza foragers"
American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 182(3), 340-356.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Stieglitz, J., Buoro, Y., Beheim, B., Trumble, B.C., Kaplan, H., Gurven, M. 2023. 
" Labour’s pain: strenuous subsistence work, mechanical wear-and-tear, and musculoskeletal pain in a non-industrialized population. "
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290:20222497. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Trumble, B., Charifson, M., Kraft, T., Garcia, A.R.*, Cummings, D.K., Hooper, P., Lea, A., Eid Rodriguez, D., Koebele, S., Buetow, K., Beheim, B., Minocher, R., Gutierrez, M., Thomas, G., Gatz, M., Stieglitz, J., Finch, C., Kaplan, H., Gurven, M. 2023. 
"Apolipoprotein E4 is associated with higher fecundity in a natural fertility population. "
Science Advances 9:eade979.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Schniter, E., Kaplan, H., Gurven, M. 2023. 
". Cultural transmission vectors of essential knowledge and skills among Tsimane forager-farmers. "
Evolution and Human Behavior. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Speakman, J., de Jong, J.,…, Gurven, M., …, Wong, W. 2023. 
"Total daily energy expenditure has declined over the past three decades due to declining basal expenditure, not reduced activity expenditure. "
Nature Metabolism 5:579-588.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Trumble, B.C., Pontzer, H., Stieglitz, J., Cummings, D.K., Wood, B., Emery Thompson, M., Raichlen, D., Beheim, B., Yetish, G., Kaplan, H., Gurven, M. 2023. 
"Energetic costs of testosterone in two subsistence populatons. "
American Journal of Human Biology e23949.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Thompson, R., Thomas, G., Neunuebel, A., Mahadev, A., Trumble, B.C., Seabright, E., Cummings, D., Stieglitz, J., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H. 2023. 
"Atherosclerosis in indigenous Tsimane: a contemporary perspective. "
Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease. Ed. M. Binder, C.A. Roberts, D. Antoine. Cambridge University Press. Pp. 246-257.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Ross, C., Hooper, P., Smith, J., …, Gurven, M., …Borgerhoff-Mulder, M. 2023. 
"Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals. "
PNAS 120(22):e2220124120. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Kaplan, H., Hooper, P., Gatz, M., Mack, W., Law, M., Chui, H., Sutherland, L., Sutherland, J., Rowan, C., Wann, S., Allam, A., Thompson, R., Michalik, D., Lombardi, G., Miyamoto, M., Eid Rodriguez, D., Copajira, J., Quispe Gutierrez, R., Beheim, B., Cummings, D., Seabright, E., Alami, S., García, A., Buetow, K., Thomas, G., Finch, C., Stieglitz, J. Trumble, B., Gurven, M., Irimia, A. 2023. 
"Brain volume, energy balance and cardiovascular health in two non-industrial South American populations. "
PNAS 120(13):e2205448120.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Delton, A.W., Jaeggi, A.V., Lim, J., Sznycer, D., Gurven, M., Robertson, T.E., Sugiyama, L., Cosmides, L., Tooby, J. 2023. 
"Cognitive foundations for helping and harming others: making welfare tradeoffs in industrialized and small-scale societies. "
Evolution and Human Behavior.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Fox, S. A., Scelza, B., Silk, J., & Kramer, K. L. 2023. 
"New perspectives on the evolution of women's cooperation. "
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 378(1868), 20210424.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Family Demography, Sex and Gender
Fox, S. A., Muller, M. N., González, N. T., Enigk, D. K., Machanda, Z. P., Otali, E., ... & Thompson, M. E. 2023. 
"Weak, but not strong, ties support coalition formation among wild female chimpanzees"
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 378(1868), 20210427
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Family Demography, Sex and Gender
Boddy AM. 2022. 
"The need for evolutionary theory in cancer research. "
European Journal of Epidemiology. 1-6.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Education and Health, Population Health and Environment
Raichlen, D. A., Klimentidis, Y. C., Sayre, M. K., Bharadwaj, P. K., Lai, M. H., Wilcox, R. R., & Alexander, G. E. 2022.
"Leisure-time sedentary behaviors are differentially associated with all-cause dementia regardless of engagement in physical activity. "
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(35), e2206931119.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Raichlen, D. A., Furlong, M., Klimentidis, Y. C., Sayre, M. K., Parra, K. L., Bharadwaj, P. K., ... & Alexander, G. E. 2022. 
"Association of physical activity with incidence of dementia is attenuated by air pollution. "
Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 54(7), 1131.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Vinjamuri, A., Davis, J., Totten, S.M., Wu, L.D., Klein, L.D., Martin, M. Quinn, E.A., Scelza, B., Breakey, A., Gurven, M., Jasienska, G., Kaplan, H., Valeggia, C., Hinde, K., Smilowitz, J.T., Zivkovic, A.M., Barratt, M.J., Gordon, J.I., Underwood, M.A., German, J.B., Lebrilla, C.B. 2022. 
" Human milk oligosaccharide compositions illustrate global variations in early nutrition. "
Journal of Nutrition 152(5):1239-1253. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Lea, A., Garcia, A., Arevalo, J., Ayroles, J., Buetow, K., Cole, S.W., Eid Rodriguez, D., Gutierrez Cayuba, M., Highland, H., Kraft, T., North, K.E., Stieglitz, J., Kaplan, H., Trumble, B., Gurven, M.D. 2022. 
"Natural selection of immune and metabolic genes associated with health in two lowland Bolivian populations. "
PNAS 120(1): e2207544120. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Seabright, E., Alami, S., Kraft, T.S., Davis, H., Hooper, P., Caldwell, A., Mulville, S., McAllister, L., von Rueden, C., Stieglitz, J., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H. 2022. 
"Repercussions of post-marital residence on mothers’ social support networks among Tsimane forager-farmers. "
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 378: 20210442. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Yamada, Y., Zhang, X.,…, Gurven, M.,…, Speakman, J., 2022. 
"Doubly Labeled Water Database Consortium. Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors. "
Science 378(6622):909-915.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Kraft, T., Cummings, D., Venkataraman, V., Alami, S., Beheim, B., Hooper, P., Seabright, E., Stieglitz, J., Trumble, B., Kaplan, H., Endicott, K., Endicott, K., Gurven, M. 2022. 
"Female cooperative labor networks in hunter-gatherers and horticulturalists"
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 378: 20210431. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Frogge, H., Jones, R. A., Angedakin, S., Busobozi, R., Kabagambe, P., Angwela, F. O., Thompson González, N., & Brown, M. 2022. 
"Constraints on population growth of blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis) in Kibale National Park, Uganda. "
Behaviour, 159(10), 961-987. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10160
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Boddy AM, Rupp S, Yu Z, Hanson H, Aktipis A, Smith K. 2022. In press. 
"Early life adversity, reproductive history, and breast cancer risk. "
Evolution, Medicine and Public Health. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Population Health and Environment
Gatz, M., Mack, W., Chui, H., Law, M., Barisano, G., Sutherland, M.L., Sutherland, J.D., Eid Rodriguez, D., Quispe Gutierrez, R., Bani Cuata, J., Borenstein, A., Walters, E., Irimia, A., Rowan, C., Wann, L.S., Allam, A., Thompson, R., Miyamoto, M., Michalik, D., Cummings, D., Seabright, E., Garcia, A., Hooper, P., Kraft, T., Finch, C., Thomas, G., Stieglitz, J., Trumble, B., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H. 2022. 
"Prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in indigenous Bolivian forager-horticulturalists. "
Alzheimers & Dementia. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Kilgallen JA, Schaffnit SB, Kumogola Y, Galura A, Urassa M. Lawson DW. (2022). 
"Positive correlation between women’s status and intimate partner violence suggests violence backlash in Mwanza, Tanzania. "
Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Population Health and Environment
Davison, R., & Gurven, M. 2022. 
"The importance of elders: Extending Hamilton’s force of selection to include intergenerational transfers. "
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(28), e2200073119.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Abegglen LM, Harrison TM, Moresco A, Fowles JS, Troan BV, Kiso WK, Schmitt D, Boddy AM, Schiffman JD. 2022. In press. 
"Of elephants and other mammals: A comparative review of reproductive tumors and potential impact on conservation. "
Animals. 2022 In Press.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Brown, M., Steinitz, R., & Emery Thompson, M. (2022).
"Wins and losses in intergroup conflicts reflect energy balance in red-tailed monkeys."
 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 377(1851), 20210152.  https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0152
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Davis, H., Gurven, M., Cashdan, E. 2022. 
"Navigational experience and the preservation of spatial abilities into old age among a tropical forager-farmer population. "
Topics in Cognitive Science. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Halsey, L.H., Careau, V., Gurven, M., Speakman, J.R. 2022. 
"Variability in energy expenditure is much greater in males than females. "
J of Human Evolution.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Dujon AM, Boutry J, Tissot S, Lemaitre JF, Boddy AM, Gerard A, Alvergne A, Arnal A, Vincze O, Nicolas D, Giraudeau M, Telonis-Scott M, Schultz A, Pujol P, Biro P, Beckmann C, Hamede R, Roche B, Ujvari B, Thomas F. 2022. 
"Cancer susceptibility as a cost of reproduction and contributor to life history evolution. "
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10 (2022): 861103.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Population Health and Environment
Davison, R., Gurven, M. 2022. 
"The importance of elders: extending Hamilton’s force of selection to include intergenerational transfers. "
PNAS 119(28):e2200073119.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Natterson-Horowitz B, Boddy AM, Zimmerman, D. 2022. 
"Female Health Across the Tree of Life: Insights at the Intersection of Women's Health, One Health and Planetary Health. "
PNAS nexus 1.2 (2022): pgac044.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Population Health and Environment
Wallace, I.J., Kraft, T.S., Venkataraman, V.V., Davis, H.E., Holowka, N.B., Harris, A.R., Lieberman, D.E., Gurven, M. 2022. 
"Cultural variation in running techniques among non-industrial societies. "
Evolutionary Human Sciences 4:e14.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Holowka, N.B., Kraft, T.S., Wallace, I.J., Gurven, M., Venkataraman, V. 2022. 
"Forest terrains influence walking kinematics among the Amazonian Tsimane. "
Evolutionary Human Sciences.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Vincze O, Colchero F, Lemaitre JF, Conde D, Pavard S, Bieuville M, Urrutia AO, Ujvari B, Boddy AM, Maley CC, Thomas F, Giraudeau M. 2022. 
"Cancer risk across mammals. Nature."
601.7892 263-267
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Zhang, X., Yamada, Y., Gurven, M., IAEA DLW database consortium. 2022. 
"Human total, basal and activity energy expenditures are independent of ambient environmental temperature. "
iScience 25:104682.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Durkee, P.K., Lukaszewski, A.W., von Rueden, C.R., Gurven, M.D., Buss, D.M., Tucker-Drob, E.M. 2022. 
"Niche diversity predicts personality structure across 115 nations. "
Psychological Science 33(2):285-298. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Rimbach, R., Yamada, Y., Gurven, M. 2022.  
"IAEA DLW Database Consortium. Total energy expenditure is repeatable in adults but not associated with short-term changes in body composition. "
Nature Communications 13:99.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Lea, A.J., Waigwa, C., Muhoya, B., Lotukoi, F., Peng, J., Henry, L.P., Abhyankar, V., Kamau, J., Martins, D., Gurven, M., Ayroles, J.F. 2021. 
"Socioeconomic status effects on health vary between rural and urban Turkana. "
Evolution, Medicine & Public Health 9:406-419, eoab39. [“Editor’s choice” article] 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Schneider-Crease, I., Blackwell, A.D., Kraft, T.S., Emery Thompson, M., Maldonado Suarez, I., Stieglitz, J., Kaplan, H., Snyder-Mackler, N., Gurven, M.*, Kaplan, H.*, Trumble, B*. 2021. 
"Helminth infection is associated with dampened cytokine responses to viral and bacterial stimulations in Tsimane hunter-horticulturalists. "
Evolution, Medicine & Public Health 9:349-359, eoab035. (*=co-senior author). 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
LO O’Donnell, EC Hill, AS Anderson, HJH Edgar. 2021. 
"A biological approach to adult sex differences in skeletal indicators of childhood stress. "
American Journal of Biological Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24424
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Education and Health
Tollis M, Ferris E, Campbell M, Harris V, Rupp S, Harrison T, Kiso WK, Schmitt D, Aktipis A, Maley C, Boddy AM, Yandell M, Sciffman JD, Abegglen LM. 2021.
"Elephant genome reveal accelerated evolution in mechanisms underlying disease defenses. "
Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38.9 3606-3620.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Kraft, T., Venkataraman, V., Wallace, I., Holowka, N., Raichlen, D., Wood, B., Gurven, M.*, Pontzer, H.* 2021. 
"The energetics of uniquely human subsistence strategies. "
Science 374: eabf0130. (*=co-senior)
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Westerterp, K., Yamada, Y., Gurven, M., Speakman, J., IAEA DLW Database Consortium (82 authors). 2021. 
"Physical activity and fat-free mass during growth and in later life"
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 114(5):1583-1589.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Ujvari B, Dujon A, Aktipis A, Alix-Panabières C, Amend S, Boddy AM, Brown J, Capp JP, DeGregori J, Ewald P, Gatenby R, Gerlinger M, Giraudeau M, Hamede R, Hansen E, Kareva I, Maley CC, Marusyk A, McGranahan N, Metzger M, Nedelcu A, Noble R, Nunney L, Pienta K, Polyak K, Pujol P, Read A, Roche B, Sebens S, Solary E, Stanková K, Thomas F, Ewald HS. 2021. 
"Identifying key questions in the ecology and evolution of cancer. "
Evolutionary applications 14.4: 877-892.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Population Health and Environment
Gunst A, Sudén M, Korja R, Boddy AM, Kotler J, Paavonen EJ, Karlsson L, Karlsson H, Antfolk J. 2021. 
"Postpartum depression and mother-offspring conflict over maternal investment. "
Evolution, Medicine and Public Health. 9.1: 11-23.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Population Health and Environment
García, A.R., Finch, C.E., Gatz, M., Kraft, T.S., Cummings, D., Charifson, M., Eid Rodriguez, D., Buetow, K., Beheim, B., Allayee, H., Thomas, G.S., Stieglitz, J., Gurven, M.*., Kaplan, H.*., Trumble, B.T*. 2021.
"APOE4 is associated with elevanted blood lipids and lower levels of innate immune biomarkers in a tropical Amerindian population. "
eLife 10:e68231. (*=co-corresponding author)
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Careau, V., Halsey, L., Gurven, M., Yoshida, T., Speakman, J., IAEA DLW Database Consortium (82 authors). 2021. 
"Energy compensation and adiposity in humans. "
Current Biology 31:1-8.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Wood, B. M., Harris, J. A., Raichlen, D. A., Pontzer, H., Sayre, K., Sancilio, A., ... & Jones, J. H. 2021. 
"Gendered movement ecology and landscape use in Hadza hunter-gatherers. "
Nature Human Behaviour, 5(4), 436-446.  
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Marques C, Compton Z, Boddy AM. 2021. 
"Connecting paleopathology and evolutionary medicine to cancer research: past and present. "
Evolving Health: Paleopathology and Evolutionary Medicine, Oxford University Press. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Population Health and Environment
Martin, M., Gurven, M. 2021. 
"Traditional and biomedical maternal and neonatal care practices in a rural indigenous population of the Bolivian Amazon. "
Global Public Health: 1-15. doi:10.1080/17441692.2021.1882531.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Pontzer, H., Yamada, Y., Gurven, M., Speakman, J., IAEA DLW Database Consortium (82 authors). 2021. 
"Daily energy expenditure through the human life course. "
Science 373:808-812.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Anderson, A.S., Sutherland, M.L., O’Donnell, L., Hill, E., Hunt, D.R., Blackwell, A.D., Gurven, M.D. 2021. 
"Do computed tomography findings agree with traditional osteological examination? The case of porous cranial lesions. "
International Journal of Paleopathology 33:209-219.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Speakman, J. R., Yamada, Y., Sagayama, H., Berman, E. S., Ainslie, P. N., Andersen, L. F., ... & Wong, W. W. 2021. 
"A standard calculation methodology for human doubly labeled water studies. "
Cell Reports Medicine, 2(2), 100203.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Rowan, C., Eskander, M., Seabright, E., Eid Rodriguez, D., Cortez Linares, E., Quispe Gutierrez, R., Copajira Adrian, J., Cummings, D., Beheim, B., Tolstrup, K., Achrekar, A., Kraft, T., Michalik, D., Miyamoto, M., Allam, A., Wann, L.S., Narula, J., Trumble, B., Stieglitz, J., Thompson, R., Thomas, G., Kaplan, H., Gurven, M. 2021. 
"Very low prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation among Bolivian forager-farmers. "
Annals of Global Health 87(1):18. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Jaeggi, A., Blackwell, A.D., von Rueden, C., Trumble, B., Stieglitz, J., Kaplan, H., Gurven, M. 2021. 
"Do wealth and inequality associate with health in a small-scale subsistence society? "
eLife 10:e59437.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Davison, R., Gurven, M. 2021. 
"Human uniqueness? Life history diversity among small-scale societies and chimpanzees. "
PLoS ONE 16(2): e0239170. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239170
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Irimia, A., Chaudhari, N.N., Robles, D. Rostowsky, B., Maher, A., Chowdhury, N., Calvillo, M., Ngo, V., Gatz, M., Mack, W., Law, M., Sutherland, M.L., Sutherland, J.D., Rowan, C., Wann, L.S., Allam, A., Thompson, R., Michalik, D., Cummings, D., Seabright, E., Alami, S., Garcia, A., Hooper, P., Stieglitz, J., Trumble, B., Gurven, M., Thomas, G., Finch, C., Kaplan, H. 2021. 
"The indigenous South American Tsimane exhibit relatively modest decrease in brain volume with age despite high systemic inflammation. "
J. of Gerontology: Series A Biological Sciences glab138.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Gans, B., Neunuebel, A., Umbarger, L., Trumble, B., Cummings, D., Wann, S.L., Lehenbauer, K., Mahadev, A., Eid Rodriguez, D., Michalik, D., Rowan, C., Stieglitz, J., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Thomas, G., Thompson, R. 2021. 
"High prevalence of sternal foramina in indigenous Bolivians Compared to Midwest Americans and Indigenous North Americans. "
Anatomical Science International. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Hodges-Simeon, C., Albert, G., Richardson, G.B., McHale, T.S., Weinberg, S.M., Gurven, M., Gaulin, S. 2021. 
"Was facial width-to-height ratio subject to sexual selection pressures? A life course approach. "
PLoS ONE 16(3): e0240284. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240284
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Lawson, D., Schaffnit, S., Kilgallen, J., Kumogola, Y., Galura, A., & Urassa, M. 2021. 
"He for she? Variation and exaggeration in men's support for women's empowerment in northern Tanzania. "
Evolutionary Human Sciences, 3, E27. doi:10.1017/ehs.2021.23
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Population Health and Environment
Ujvari B, Dujon A, Aktipis A, Alix-Panabières C, Amend S, Boddy AM, Brown J, Capp JP, DeGregori J, Ewald P, Gatenby R, Gerlinger M, Giraudeau M, Hamede R, Hansen E, Kareva I, Maley CC, Marusyk A, McGranahan N, Metzger M, Nedelcu A, Noble R, Nunney L, Pienta K, Polyak K, Pujol P, Read A, Roche B, Sebens S, Solary E, Stanková K, Thomas F, Ewald HS. 2021. 
"Identifying key questions in the ecology and evolution of cancer. "
Evolutionary applications 14.4 877-892. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Population Health and Environment
Tollis M, Ferris E, Campbell M, Harris V, Rupp S, Harrison T, Kiso WK, Schmitt D, Aktipis A, Maley C, Boddy AM, Yandell M, Sciffman JD, Abegglen LM. 2021. 
"Elephant genome reveals insights into differences in disease susceptibility between species. "
Molecular Biology and Evolution 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Population Health and Environment
Gunst A, Sudén M, Korja R, Boddy AM, Kotler J, Paavonen EJ, Karlsson L, Karlsson H, Antfolk J. 2021.
"Postpartum depression and mother-offspring conflict over maternal investment. "
Evolution, Medicine and Public Health. 9.1 11-23. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Population Health and Environment
WC McCool, AS Anderson, DJ Kennett. 2021.
"Using a multimethod life history approach to navigate the osteological paradox: A case study from Prehispanic Nasca, Peru. "
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24279
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Population Health and Environment
AS Anderson, ML Sutherland, LO O’Donnell, EC Hill, DR Hunt, AD Blackwell, MD Gurven. 2021. 
"Do computed tomography findings agree with traditional osteological examination? The case of porous cranial lesions. "
International Journal of Paleopathology.  https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1d2al6hTLQgXap
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Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Davison, R., and M. Gurven. 2021.
"Human uniqueness? Life history diversity among small-scale societies and chimpanzees. "
PloS one 16.2 (2021): e0239170.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Lawson DW, Schaffnit SB, Hassan A, & Urassa M. 2021. 
" Shared interests or sexual conflict? Spousal age gap, women’s wellbeing and fertility in rural Tanzania. "
Evolution and Human Behavior. 42: 165-175 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Family Demography
Schaffnit SB, Urassa M, Wamoyi J, Dardoumpa M, & Lawson DW. 2021. 
"“I have never seen something like that”: Discrepancies between lived experiences and the global health concept of child marriage in northern Tanzania. "
PLOS ONE. 16(4): e024920. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Family Demography
Schaffnit SB & Lawson DW. 2021. 
"Married too young? The behavioral ecology of 'child marriage'. "
Social Sciences. 10: 161
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Family Demography
Urassa M, Lawson DW, Wamoyi J, Gurmu E, Gibson MA, Madhivanan P, Placek C. 2021. 
"Cross-cultural research must prioritize equitable collaboration. "
Nature Human Behaviour. 5:668-671. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Chua, K. J., Lukaszewski, A. W., & Manson, J. 2020.
"Sex-specific effects of harsh childhood environment on psychometrically assessed life history strategy: No mediation through developmental timing or embodied capital."
 Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. 6(3), 307-333.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution, Population Health and Environment
Sayre, M. K., Pontzer, H., Alexander, G. E., Wood, B. M., Pike, I. L., Mabulla, A. Z., & Raichlen, D. A. 2020. 
"Ageing and physical function in East African foragers and pastoralists. "
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 375(1811), 20190608.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Boddy AM, Harrison T, Abegglen LM. 2020.
"Comparative Oncology: New Insights into an ancient disease. "
iScience 101373. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Somarelli JA, Boddy AM, Gardner H, Bartholf DeWitt S, Tuyohy J, Megquier K, Sheth MU, Hsu D, Thorne JL, Eward WC. 2020. 
"Improving cancer drug discovery by studying cancer across the tree of life. "
Molecular Biology and Evolution 37.1: 11-17. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Boddy AM, Abegglen LM, Pessier AP, Schiffman JD, Maley C, Witte C. 2020. 
"Lifetime cancer prevalence and life history traits in mammals. "
Evolution, Medicine and Public Health 187-195.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Somarelli JA, Gardner H, Cannataro VL, Gunady EF, Boddy AM, Johnson NA, Fisk JN, Gaffney SG, Chuang JH, Li S, Ciccarelli FD. 2020. 
"Molecular biology and evolution of cancer: from discovery to action. "
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 37(2), 320-326. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Boddy AM, Abegglen LM, Schiffman JD, Maley CC, Witte C. 2020. 
"Does placental invasiveness lead to higher rates of malignant transformation in mammals? "
Evolution, Medicine and Public Health 215-216.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Campenni M, May AN, Boddy AM, Harris V, Nedelcu AM. 2020. 
"Agent‐based modelling reveals strategies to reduce the fitness and metastatic potential of circulating tumour cell clusters. "
Evolutionary Applications. 
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Sprockett, D.D., Martin, M., Costello, E.K., Burns, A., Holmes, S.P., Gurven, M., Relman, D. 2020. 
"Microbiota assembly, structure, and dynamics among Tsimane horticulturalists of the Bolivian Amazon. "
Nature Communications 11:3772.
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Gurven, M., Davison, R.†, Kraft, T.†. 2020. 
"The optimal timing of teaching and learning across the life course. "
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 375: 20190500. + SUPPLEMENT
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution
Kaplan, H., Trumble, B., Stieglitz, J., Mendez, R., Gutierrez Cayuba, M., Maito Moye, L., Alami, S.*, Kraft, T.†, Quispe Gutierrez, R., Copajira Adrian, J., Thompson, R., Thomas, G., Michalik, D., Eid Rodriguez, D., Gurven, M. 2020. 
"Voluntary collective isolation as a best response to COVID-19 for indigenous populations? A case study and protocol from the Bolivian Amazon. "
Lancet 395:1727-1734.   
Research Themes:
Biodemography and Evolution