| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Early life events and their consequences for later disease: A life history and evolutionary perspective | American Journal of Human Biology | 2007 | 871 |
| 2 | Epigenetics and the embodiment of race: Developmental origins of US racial disparities in cardiovascular health | American Journal of Human Biology | 2009 | 561 |
| 3 | Energetics and reproductive effort | American Journal of Human Biology | 2003 | 457 |
| 4 | Grandmothers and the evolution of human longevity | American Journal of Human Biology | 2003 | 448 |
| 5 | Meta‐analysis of digit ratio 2D:4D shows greater sex difference in the right hand | American Journal of Human Biology | 2010 | 434 |
| 6 | Boys live dangerously in the womb | American Journal of Human Biology | 2010 | 423 |
| 7 | Fetal origins of developmental plasticity: Are fetal cues reliable predictors of future nutritional environments? | American Journal of Human Biology | 2005 | 414 |
| 8 | Testosterone-mediated immune functions and male life histories | American Journal of Human Biology | 2005 | 404 |
| 9 | Growth rates and life histories in twenty-two small-scale societies | American Journal of Human Biology | 2006 | 404 |
| 10 | Explaining sex differences in dental caries prevalence: Saliva, hormones, and “life-history” etiologies | American Journal of Human Biology | 2006 | 394 |
| 11 | Physical activity and fitness: Pathways from childhood to adulthood | American Journal of Human Biology | 2001 | 385 |
| 12 | James Mourilyan Tanner (1920–2010): A tribute | American Journal of Human Biology | 2011 | 373 |
| 13 | Is obesity associated with poor sleep quality in adolescents? | American Journal of Human Biology | 2002 | 349 |
| 14 | Physiology of hot flashes | American Journal of Human Biology | 2001 | 315 |
| 15 | Evolution of the human life cycle | American Journal of Human Biology | 1996 | 277 |
| 16 | Nutritional requirements and human evolution: A bioenergetics model | American Journal of Human Biology | 1992 | 269 |
| 17 | Maternal capital and the metabolic ghetto: An evolutionary perspective on the transgenerational basis of health inequalities | American Journal of Human Biology | 2010 | 258 |
| 18 | Comparative and evolutionary dimensions of the energetics of human pregnancy and lactation | American Journal of Human Biology | 2002 | 255 |
| 19 | Menopause, local biologies, and cultures of aging | American Journal of Human Biology | 2001 | 254 |
| 20 | Male facial appearance signals physical strength to women | American Journal of Human Biology | 2007 | 252 |
| 21 | Systemic racism, chronic health inequities, andCOVID‐19: A syndemic in the making? | American Journal of Human Biology | 2020 | 248 |
| 22 | Rapid change in height and body proportions of Maya American children | American Journal of Human Biology | 2002 | 244 |
| 23 | Evolutionary perspectives on human nutrition: The influence of brain and body size on diet and metabolism | American Journal of Human Biology | 1994 | 243 |
| 24 | Energetic consequences of being aHomo erectus female | American Journal of Human Biology | 2002 | 241 |
| 25 | Prediction equations for body composition of Japanese adults by B-mode ultrasound | American Journal of Human Biology | 1994 | 239 |
| 26 | Beyond diet reconstruction: Stable isotope applications to human physiology, health, and nutrition | American Journal of Human Biology | 2013 | 219 |
| 27 | Improved nutrition in the first 1000 days and adult human capital and health | American Journal of Human Biology | 2017 | 206 |
| 28 | Variability in reproductive success viewed from a life-history perspective in baboons | American Journal of Human Biology | 2003 | 204 |
| 29 | Ethnicity‐related skeletal muscle differences across the lifespan | American Journal of Human Biology | 2010 | 200 |
| 30 | An evolutionary review of human telomere biology: The thrifty telomere hypothesis and notes on potential adaptive paternal effects | American Journal of Human Biology | 2011 | 196 |
| 31 | Mortality experience of Tsimane Amerindians of Bolivia: Regional variation and temporal trends | American Journal of Human Biology | 2007 | 192 |
| 32 | Does inadequate sleep play a role in vulnerability to obesity? | American Journal of Human Biology | 2012 | 187 |
| 33 | Antiquity of postreproductive life: Are there modern impacts on hunter-gatherer postreproductive life spans? | American Journal of Human Biology | 2002 | 181 |
| 34 | The thrifty phenotype: An adaptation in growth or metabolism? | American Journal of Human Biology | 2011 | 176 |
| 35 | Inverse association between adiposity and telomere length: The fels longitudinal study | American Journal of Human Biology | 2011 | 175 |
| 36 | Self-assessment and physician assessment of sexual maturation in Brazilian boys and girls: Concordance and reproducibility | American Journal of Human Biology | 1994 | 174 |
| 37 | Geometric morphometrics of male facial shape in relation to physical strength and perceived attractiveness, dominance, and masculinity | American Journal of Human Biology | 2011 | 174 |
| 38 | Assortative mating by body height and BMI: Finnish Twins and their spouses | American Journal of Human Biology | 2003 | 173 |
| 39 | Growth patterns in early childhood and final attained stature: Data from five birth cohorts from low‐ and middle‐income countries | American Journal of Human Biology | 2010 | 173 |
| 40 | Life history and the early origins of health differentials | American Journal of Human Biology | 2005 | 170 |
| 41 | Climatic influences on basal metabolic rates among circumpolar populations | American Journal of Human Biology | 2002 | 167 |
| 42 | Digit ratio (2D:4D), dominance, reproductive success, asymmetry, and sociosexuality in the BBC Internet Study | American Journal of Human Biology | 2008 | 167 |
| 43 | Food insecurity in rural Tanzania is associated with maternal anxiety and depression | American Journal of Human Biology | 2006 | 166 |
| 44 | Infant sex predicts breast milk energy content | American Journal of Human Biology | 2010 | 166 |
| 45 | Tibetan protection from intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and reproductive loss at high altitude | American Journal of Human Biology | 2001 | 163 |
| 46 | Prader-Willi syndrome and the evolution of human childhood | American Journal of Human Biology | 2003 | 163 |
| 47 | Mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome diversity and the peopling of the Americas: Evolutionary and demographic evidence | American Journal of Human Biology | 2004 | 162 |
| 48 | Body composition assessment in the infant | American Journal of Human Biology | 2014 | 161 |
| 49 | Adrenarche and the evolution of human life history | American Journal of Human Biology | 2006 | 157 |
| 50 | The normal menopause transition | American Journal of Human Biology | 1992 | 151 |
