📜HUMAN ORIGINS & SURVIVAL SECTION 📢Announcing the 2026 Editorial Board📢 We are excited to welcome Dr Patrick Mahoney as Section Editor and our international team of Editorial Board Members #HumanEvolution #Palaeoanthrolopy #OpenAccess www.tandfonline.com/journals/iah...

🦠INFECTIOUS DISEASES & IMMUNOLOGY Zuckerman et al outline the development of ETT advocating for greater adoption of its use in epidemiology & clinical medicine to improve prediction & intervention with emerging & re-emerging diseases #OpenAccess #HumanBiology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🔊Abstract submission deadline extended to 15 April 2026 ⌛

📏 HUMAN BIOLOGY RESEARCH METHODS In this important contribution to the growth modelling literature, Cole et al. provide a useful extension to the existing SITAR method to handle weight as well as height #OpenAccess #HumanBiology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS OPEN 📢 Joint conference of the SSHB and ISGA - June 22-24 2026 📅 Abstract submission deadline 30 March 2026 📰 Society members eligible for discounted registration fees All details below: www.sshb.org/conference/h...

AHB is affiliated with The Society for the Study of Human Biology 📢 In 2026 the SSHB is offering funding opportunities to support students and researchers Apply here: sshb.org/funding-grants Deadline: 27 March 2026 More details below 👇

📈 GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT Systematic review & meta-analysis gives insight into the impacts of screentime, & its association with pubertal onset in boys and girls, providing a guide for improving future research in this area. #OpenAccess #HumanBiology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

👋 Meet our Section Editors! Our Section Editors are an outstanding international team of professionals in the field of Human Biology Alongside editorial duties, they are ambassadors for AHB & make invaluable contributions to our development initiatives! #HumanBiology #OpenAccess #OAWeek

📚ARTICLE COLLECTION📚 Childhood growth and health are shaped by the physical, social and biological environment. This #OpenAccess article collection is output from the 16th Congress of ISGA in 2024, sponsored by the Society for the Study of Human Biology. www.tandfonline.com/journals/iah...

📏RESEARCH METHODS Body composition assessment is widely used to establish factors that can be related to athletic performance. Utczás et al. examine impact of somatotype on body composition estimation in young athletes #OpenAccess #HumanBiology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🗣️COMMENTARY A timely piece for AHB addresses the current public health divide in the U.S., highlighting the need to ‘create space for dialogue rather than continued confrontation’, and how academics can better reach communities their research impacts www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📚 ARTICLE COLLECTION 📚 ‘Human Biology, Climate Change and Sustainability' This #OpenAccess collection in AHB presents studies that consider #climatechange and sustainability within each of the sub-topics in the Annals of Human Biology and across the globe 🗺️ www.tandfonline.com/journals/iah...

Hobbits of Flores evolved to be small by slowing down growth during childhood, new research on teeth and brain size suggests theconversation.com/hobbits-of-f...

📏HUMAN MORPHOLOGY Mezentseva et al. examine how head position affects facial shape & how this varies between populations, highlighting how head position can impact the use of photographs in human biology research. #OpenAccess #HumanBiology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📈HUMAN GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT New article! Meta-analysis compares therapeutic strategies to improve height outcomes in 4-16 year olds with ISS, contributing to ongoing debate regarding the most effective pharmacological approach to ISS #OpenAccess #HumanBiology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📏HUMAN BIOLOGY RESEARCH METHODS New article presents country specific growth chart data for children with Prader-Willi syndrome, providing an important tool for monitoring growth in children with rare disease #OpenAccess #HumanBiology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🦠HUMAN MICROBIOME & METABOLOME NEW PUBLICATION this pilot study furthers our understanding of the gut microbiome & eating behaviours in ASD children #OpenAccess #HumanBiology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📈HUMAN GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT New OA publication in AHB investigates bone parameter trajectories post PBM attainment, describing bone growth during young adulthood up to 35 years of age. #OpenAccess #HumanBiology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📚 ARTICLE COLLECTION 📚 This new Open Access Collection in AHB publishes output from a multidisciplinary workshop discussing current challenges faced in analysing pre-adult fossil remains & providing direction to future investigations #OpenAccess #HumanBiology www.tandfonline.com/journals/iah...

🚨New Publication from @hepaeurope.bsky.social working group members using ICAD data. 📢Read about the optimal awake movement behaviour composition associated with predicted cardiometabolic health outcomes in youth. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📚ARTICLE COLLECTION - 📣CALL FOR PAPERS📣 Human Conflict, Natural Disasters and Human Biology Does your research fit within this theme? Contact us to discuss submission options, possible APC discounts & contribution to this important article collection. think.taylorandfrancis.com/article_coll...

📏HUMAN MORPHOLOGY This recent AHB publication describes positive secular trends in Peruvian children living at high altitude #OpenAccess #HumanBiology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New Annals of Human Biology study posted in UCL's open access repository.

New paper out📮 We found that delayed skeletal maturation is a major contributor to height deficits in Guatemala, supporting the idea that opportunity for catch-up growth continues past early childhood. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📈GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT Anthropometric measurements from over 20,000 children are used to update reference growth charts for UAE - 30 years after a standard growth chart was created #OpenAccess #HumanBiology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🌎HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY Human Biology, Climate Change & Sustainability Read this important OA study from Howells et al of climate driven weather events on adverse perinatal outcomes #HurricaneFlorence #ClimateChange #OpenAccess #HumanBiology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🌡️HUMAN EPIDEMIOLOGY Human Biology, Climate Change & Sustainability Searle et al investigate the impact of Cyclone Idai on household use of ITNs & how extreme weather events can impact malaria burden #ClimateChange #OpenAccess #HumanBiology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📜HUMAN ORIGINS & SURVIVAL Human Biology, Climate Change & Sustainability Smail et al. report mammal paleoecology at Ledi-Geraru, suggesting gradual climatic change a possible important factor in early hominin evolution @alrector.bsky.social #OpenAccess www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🫁HUMAN METABOLISM & PHYSIOLOGY Human Biology, Climate Change & Sustainability Levy et al. study how NYC residents exhibit metabolic adaptations to cold stress through variation in brown adipose tissue (BAT), energy expenditure (EE), and ambient temperatures. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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🦠INFECTIOUS DISEASES & IMMUNOLOGY Human Biology, Climate Change & Sustainability OA study analysing human milk lactose levels & infant immunity in Ariaal pastoralists in Kenya - among the worst affected populations across the globe in terms of climate change www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📈GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT Human Biology, Climate Change & Sustainability Read this OA study on WBT & b/feeding patterns in relation to maternal work - at the intersection of climate change and maternal & child health @bioanthmags.bsky.social @kstark8.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🌎HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY Human Biology, Climate Change & Sustainability This contribution to our latest Article Collection reports on hydration status & heat perception among children & adults in a semi-arid environment in relation to heat stress measures www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....