The hypothalamic control of prolactin secretion is different from other anterior pituitary
hormones, in that it is predominantly inhibitory, by means of dopamine from the …

Biogeochemical methods using stable isotopes and trace elements have been increasingly
developed and applied to reconstruct modern and ancient breastfeeding and weaning …

Evolutionary thinking provides insights into many different areas in the research and practice
of medicine and public health. It takes specialties such as medical microbiology …

The Hadza, an ethnic group indigenous to northern Tanzania, are one of the few remaining
hunter-gatherer populations. Archaeology shows 130,000 years of hunting and gathering in …

Analysis of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes from soft or mineralized tissues is a direct
and widely‐used technique for modeling diets. In addition to its continued role in paleodiet …

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) …

For social species, the environment has two components: physical and social. The social
environment modifies the individual's interaction with the physical environment, and the …

Context: Secondary amenorrhea—the absence of menses for three consecutive cycles—
affects approximately 3–4% of reproductive age women, and infertility—the failure to …

To understand the evolutionary forces that have shaped primate lactation strategies, it is
important to understand the proximate mechanisms of milk synthesis and their ecological …

In many populations, the a polipoprotein-ε 4 (APOE-ε 4) allele increases the risk for several
chronic diseases of aging, including dementia and cardiovascular disease; despite these …