Physical-Biological Anthropology

Latest research

1. Exploratory approach to speculate on body composition models for elite teenage basketball players

   • Mario Mauro
   • Federica Moro
   • Stefania Toselli

   in Scientific Reports

   Article Open access 17 October 2025

   

2. Study on human thermophysiology and severe-cold protection during physical activity in simulated high-altitude environments

   • Qing Zhang
   • Li Ding
   • Jiachen Nie

   in International Journal of Biometeorology

   Article 16 October 2025

   

3. First known fossil hand of the hominin Paranthropus boisei

   • Tracy L. Kivell
   • Samar M. Syeda

   in Nature

   Article 15 October 2025

   

4. Sex-specific dynamic changes of serum short-chain fatty acids in rhesus monkeys during aging

   • Xiaopeng Chen
   • Songyuan Ye
   • Peng Xie

   in Lipids in Health and Disease

   Article Open access 15 October 2025

   

5. Gender-specific biomechanical effects of smartphone use with backpack load during standing and walking

   • Yi-Lang Chen
   • Wei-Han Tang
   • Yi-Xuan Guan

   in Scientific Reports

   Article Open access 15 October 2025

   

6. Enhancing tidal volume estimation from electrical impedance tomography (EIT) by applying human anthropometric information

   • Amelie Zitzmann
   • Anna Strübing
   • Fabian Müller-Graf

   in Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

   Article Open access 15 October 2025

   

7. Ardipithecus ramidus ankle provides evidence for African ape-like vertical climbing in the earliest hominins

   • Thomas C. Prang
   • Matthew W. Tocheri
   • Caley M. Orr

   in Communications Biology

   Article Open access 15 October 2025

   

8. Exposure of a spherical human skull substitute to free-field blast conditions

   • N. Elster
   • J. Boutillier
   • C. Deck

   in Shock Waves

   Article Open access 14 October 2025

   

9. A lacuna in the philosophy of race

   • Michael O. Hardimon

   in Philosophical Studies

   Article Open access 11 October 2025

10. Correlation of body composition and anthropometric indices with electrodiagnostic and ultrasonographic findings in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome

    • Gholamreza Raissi
    • Tannaz Ahadi
    • Seyed Pezhman Madani

    in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

    Article Open access 10 October 2025

    

11. Normality of sagittal spinal alignment parameters reveals evolutionary signals in healthy adults across five countries

    • Kazuhiro Hasegawa
    • Kei Watanabe
    • Lawrence G. Lenke

    in Scientific Reports

    Article Open access 10 October 2025

    

12. Clinical estimates of three physiologic capacities explain a majority of unipedal stance time

    • James K. Richardson
    • Stephen R. Lord
    • James A. Ashton-Miller

    in Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

    Article Open access 07 October 2025

    

13. Cortisol Concentration in Hair of the Baikal Seal (Pusa sibirica, Gmelin, 1788, Carnivora, Phocidae): The Effects of Sex, Age, and the Dynamics of Ice Destruction

    • P. Yu. Shibanova
    • M. A. Solovyeva
    • S. V. Naidenko

    in Biology Bulletin

    Article 06 October 2025

    

14. Metric analysis of the postcranial skeleton: a comprehensive approach for biological sex estimation in an Italian population

    • Paolo Morandini
    • Lucie Biehler-Gomez
    • Cristina Cattaneo

    in International Journal of Legal Medicine

    Article Open access 03 October 2025

    

15. Based on science a systematic review of study methodologies investigating performance in 15 s Rugby women student-athletes: the impact of sex

    • Neetu Rishiraj
    • Navin Prasad
    • Brendon Timmins

    in Sport Sciences for Health

    Article 02 October 2025

    

16. Surprised by the transition to an unknown body: quantitative and qualitative aspects of activity limitations and physical changes during the first year post-partum

    • Sabine Vesting
    • Gun Rembeck
    • Maria E.H. Larsson

    in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

    Article Open access 02 October 2025

    

17. Hot Yoga: A Systematic Review of the Physiological, Functional and Psychological Responses and Adaptations

    • Ashley G. B. Willmott
    • Carl A. James
    • Jessica A. Mee

    in Sports Medicine - Open

    Article Open access 01 October 2025

    

18. Variations in centre of pressure and balance performance induced by footwear drop in healthy adults

    • Raquel Fragua-Blanca
    • Natalia Tovaruela-Carrión
    • Elena Escamilla-Martínez

    in International Orthopaedics

    Article Open access 01 October 2025

    

19. Perceiving intimidation through kinematic cues in men’s gait

    • K. McCarty
    • C. Leslie
    • P. L. Cornelissen

    in Scientific Reports

    Article Open access 29 September 2025

    

20. Response to the Comments on “Analysis of Physiological Oxygen Concentrations in Different Abdominal Fat Layers by Body Mass Index”

    • Qiang Yue
    • Liqiang Liu

    in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

    Article 26 September 2025

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