MICHAEL A. LITTLE
Address:
April 2017
Department of Anthropology
Binghamton University, State University of New York
Binghamton, New York 13902-6000
Telephone:
(Office)
607-777-2732, 2737
(Home)
607-723-7048
Email:
[email protected]
Education: B.A. (1962), M.A. (1965) and Ph.D. (1968) in Anthropology, The Pennsylvania
State University
Employment:
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University, 1967-70; The
State University of New York at Binghamton, 1971-73
Scientific Coordinator of the Human Adaptability Component, International Biological
Program and Visiting Associate Professor of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State
University, 1972-73
Associate Professor of Anthropology, The State University of New York at Binghamton,
1973-81
Professor of Anthropology, The State University of New York at Binghamton, 1981-98
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, The State University of New York at Binghamton,
1998-present
Awards:
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Grant-in-Aid, 1966
Public Health Service Predoctoral Fellowship, 1966-67
Research Award, The Ohio State University, 1968 (Andes research, Peru)
NASA Fellowship at the Manned (Johnson) Spacecraft Center in Houston, Summers 1969
and 1970
Population Council Fellowship, Cornell Summer Institute in Demography, 1971
Research Fellowship and Grant-in-Aid, State University of New York Research Foundation,
1972 (Andes research, Peru)
NSF Graduate Equipment Grant, 1974
Research Fellowship and Grant-in-Aid, State University of New York Research Foundation,
1978 (Savanna research, Kenya)
NSF Research Grant (Co-PI with N. Dyson-Hudson), Human Ecology of Savanna
Pastoralists (nomadic Turkana pastoralists), 1978-80
NSF Research Grant (Co-PI with J.E. Ellis, N. Dyson-Hudson and P.W. Leslie), Activity,
Nutrition, Growth and Energetics of Savanna Pastoralists (nomadic Turkana), 198081, 1982-86
NSF Research Grant (Co-PI with Paul W. Leslie), Human Ecology of Reproduction in
Nomadic Turkana Pastoralists, 1988-1992
National Geographic Society Research Grant (PI with Michael A. DeLuca and Kenneth L.
Campbell) Pregnancy Loss and Reproduction in Settled Turkana, 1993-1994
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research and International Union of
Biological Sciences (Paris) conference support "Human Biodiversity in Anthropological
and Ecological Perspectives, Human Biology Association, 1996
Honors:
Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1980
Distinguished Ecologist Lecturer, Ecology of Pastoral Nomadism, Population
Biology, and Anthropology, Colorado State University Program in Ecology,
February 21, 22, 23, 2001
National Associate of the National Academies, National Research Council (NRC),
National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Washington, DC, 2001-lifetime (this is
not an elected membership, but rather a service associate membership)
Franz Boas Distinguished Achievement Award, Human Biology Association, April
2005.
Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association of Physical
Anthropologists, March 2007.
Michael A. Little Young Scholar’s Award, Human Biology Association named award,
Initiated April 2012.
Professional
Organizations:
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow (AAAS)
American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Fellow (AAPA)
Asociación Mexicana de Antropología Biológica (AMAB)
Human Biology Association, Fellow (HBA)
International Association of Human Biologists (IAHB)
International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES)
Society for the Study of Human Biology (SSHB)
Society for the Study of Social Biology (SSSB)
Professional
Activities: Editorial Committee, U.S. International Biological Programme (IPB) Synthesis
Volume Series, 1972-74
Member of Founding Committee, Human Biology Council 1973-74
Secretary/Treasurer, Human Biology Council, 1973-75
Executive Committee, Human Biology Council, 1974-79
UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme Subcommittee, Project 12-Human
Studies, 1974-76
UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme Ad Hoc Committee for Information
Management, 1976-78
American Association of Physical Anthropologists Nominations Committee, 197879
Editorial Board, Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, 1979-82
Book Review Editor, the journal Human Biology, 1981-89
UNESCO Man and the Biosphere U.S. Executive Committee, 1983-1995; Vice
Chairman, 1987-1995
International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) Working Group on Tropical
Mountain Ecosystems (International Decade of the Tropics Programme),
1984-1988
Human Biology Council Executive Committee, 1986-90
American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Vice President, 1988-90,
President, 1991-93, Past President 1993-94
U.S. National Committee/International Union of Biological Sciences
(USNC/IUBS), Member 1989-97, Chair 1995-97
AAAS Section H (Anthropology) Nominations Committee, Member 1989-92,
Chair 1992
AAAS Section H (Anthropology) Member-at-Large, Executive Committee, 19951999
American Anthropological Association, Long-Range Planning Committee 19931999 Finance Committee 1995-98, Committee of Anthropology Association
Presidents 1991-93, 1995-8
Editorial Board, the journal Human Biology, 1990-2014
Editorial Board, Annual Review of Anthropology, 1992-1996
Council for the Preservation of the Anthropological Record (CoPAR),
Executive Committee (Secr/Treas) 1994-2000.
Human Biology Association, President-Elect 1995-96, President 1996-98, Past
President 1998-1999
Editorial Board, Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology,
1998-2014
U.S. National Committee/International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological
Sciences (USNC/IUAES), Chair 1999-2002
International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Vice President,
1998-2009
Chair, American Journal of Human Biology Editor Search Committee, 2000
Chair, American Association of Physical Anthropologists History Committee,
2000-2014
Council Member, International Association of Human Biologists, 2001-2003
Editorial Board, American Anthropologist, 2006-2008
AAAS Section H (Anthropology) Council Representative, 2008-2013
AAAS Section H (Anthropology) Chair-Elect 2009, Chair 2010, Past Chair 2011
Editorial Board, Japanese Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2007-present
Editorial Board, Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, 2008-2013
AAAS Section H (Anthropology) Representative to the Human Biology
Association, 2008-2010
Human Biology Association, Archives Preparation for Smithsonian National
Anthropological Archives, 2010-2011
Areas of Specialization:
Biological Anthropology, Human Biology, Human Ecology, Human Adaptability,
Environmental Stress (heat, cold, altitude, nutrition, disease, solar radiation), Child Growth,
Reproduction, History of Biological Anthropology/Science
Research/Field Work/Scholarship:
Skeletal biology/cold and heat adaptation at altitude, Peruvian Andes, June-Sept.
1962
Bone density, U.S., June-Sept. 1963
Andean Biocultural Studies, Peruvian Andes, June-Dec. 1964, June 1965-Jan.
1966
Alcohol and coca effects on cold responses, Peruvian Andes, Aug.-Sept. 1968
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Exercise capacity/circadian rhythms/heat stress, Environmental Physiology
Laboratory, Manned Spacecraft Center, June-Aug. 1969, June-Aug. 1970
Microcold/energy flow, Peruvian Andes, May-Aug. 1972
Skin and hair reflectance relationships, 1978, 1983-84
Longitudinal Growth of Female Gymnasts, 1978-85
Preliminary Turkana Pastoral Nomad Studies, 1976-1978
South Turkana Ecosystem Project, Kenya, 1980-1988
Ecology of Reproduction and Health of Turkana Pastoralists, 1988-2002
History of Biological Anthropology and Human Biology 2000-present
Publications
Book Reviews:
1970
(Book review) Interviewing: Strategy, Techniques, and Tactics by R.L. Gordon. Human
Biology, 42: 341-342.
1971
(Book review) Brown Adipose Tissue, ed. by O. Lindberg. Human Biology, 43: 468-469.
1972
(Book review) Health and Biology of Circumpolor Human Populations, ed. by A.W.
Eriksson, D. Hughes, and F.A. Milan. Human Biology, 44: 361-363.
1973
(Book review) The Human Biology of Environmental Change, ed. by D.J.M. Vorster.
Human Adaptability Newsletter, No. 5 (University Park, PA).
1974
(Book review) Physiological and Behavioral Temperature Regulation, ed. by J.D. Hardy,
A.P. Gagge, and J.A.J. Stolwijk. Human Biology 46:183-184.
1976
(Book review) Physical Anthropology and Workbook in Physical Anthropology by P.L.
Stein and B.M. Rowe. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 44:533-534.
1976
(Book review) Japanese International Biological Program, Human Adaptability
Synthesis: Vol. 1-4. American Anthropologist, 78: 700-702.
1976
(Book review) Current status of environmental physiology research in Anthropology.
Review of: Physiological Anthropology, ed. by A. Damon. Reviews in Anthropology, 3:
511-516.
1978
(Book review) Human Ecology in the Tropics, ed. by J.P. Garlick and R.W.J. Keay.
American Anthropologist, 80: 173-74. (Film review) Regulating Body Temperature.
American Anthropologist, 80: 512.
1979
(Book review) Eskimos of Northwestern Alaska: A Biological Perspective, ed. by P.L.
Jamison, S.L. Zegura and F.A. Milan. Human Biology, 51:244-46.
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1980
(Book review) Life at High Altitude by D. Heath and D.R. Williams, Annals of Human
Biology, 7: 398-399.
1982
(Book reviews) Aboriginal Man Adapting by R.L. Kirk, Human Biology, 54: 166-167.
New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers: Tales of Parasites by R.S.
Desowitz; Medical Genetics: Principles and Practices, 2nd Edition by J.J. Nora and F.C.
Fraser; Concordance to Darwin's ORIGIN OF SPECIES, 1st Edition, ed. by P.H. Barrett,
D.J. Weinshank, and T.T. Gottleber; The Perception of Evolution: Essays Honoring
Joseph B. Birdsell with Reminiscences by Norman B. Tindale, ed. by L.L. Mai, E.
Shanklin and R.W. Sussman. Human Biology, 54: 663-665.
1983
(Book reviews) Physical Anthropology by F.E. Johnson; Physical Anthropology, 3rd
Edition by G. W. Lasker and N. Tyzzer; In Search of Ourselves: An Introduction to
Physical Anthropology by F.E. Poirier; Physical Anthropology, 3rd Edition by P.L. Stein
and B.M. Rowe; Human Biology and Behavior: An Anthropological Perspective, 3rd
Edition by M.L. Weiss and A.E. Mann. Human Biology, 55:205-208. Nutrition in Health
and Disease and International Development: Symposia from the XII International
Congress of Nutrition, ed. by A.E. Harper and G.K. Davis; Evolution - Genesis and
Revelations: with Readings from Empedocles to Wilson, by C.L. Harris; Sexual
Dimorphism in Homo sapiens: A Question of Size, ed. by R.L. Hall. Human Biology,
55:536-537. Origins of the Study of Human Growth by E. Boyd. Human Biology,
55:726-727. Human Biology (1929-1978): Ensayo Historico-Bibliografico by J. Comas
and M. Villanueva; Manual of Physical Status and Performance in Childhood, Volumes 1
and 2, ed. by A.F. Roche and R.M. Malina. Human Biology, 55:885, 888-889.
1984
(Book reviews) A Tropical Guide to the American Journal of Physical Anthropology,
Volumes 22-53 (1964-1980) by M.Y. Iscan; Human Culture: A Moment in Evolution by
Th. Dobzhansky and E. Boesiger. Human Biology, 56:190-191. Primates of the World:
Distribution, Abundance, and Conservation by J.H. Wolfheim. Human Biology, 56:599.
Human Adaptability: An Introduction to Ecological Anthropology by E.F. Moran. Annals
of Human Biology, ill: 270-271. Boreal Forest Adaptations: The Northern Algonkians,
ed. by A.T. Steegmann, Jr. Science, 224:1089-1090.
1985
(Book reviews) Human Genetics and Adaptation, Vol. 2: Human Adaptation, ed. by A.
Basu and K.C. Malhotra. Human Biology, 57:314-315. Evolution. The History of an Idea
by P.J. Bowler, Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology. An Anthology, ed. by E.
Sober, and Genetic Epidemiology, Vol. l. Human Biology 57:500-501. Energy
Expenditure Under Field Conditions, ed. by J. Parzkov, Growth, Fitness and Nutrition in
Preschool Children, ed. by J. Parzkov et al, Physical Structure of Olympic Athletes, ed. by
J.E.L. Carter, and Human Adaptation to Environment, ed. by A. Basu and B.
Mukhopadhyay. Human Biology 57:745-747.
1986
(Book reviews) Energy Intake and Activity, ed. by E. Pollitt and P. Amante, Textbook of
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Contraceptive Practice, 2nd Ed., by M. Potts and P. Diggory, Human Ecology: The Story
of Our Place in Nature from Prehistory to the Present, by B. Campbell, The People of
South Asia: The Biological Anthropology of India, Pakistan, and Nepal, ed. by J.R.
Lukacs, and Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective, by A. McElroy and P.K.
Townsend. Human Biology 58(1):129-132, 135-137. Women, Sport and Performance: A
Physiological Perspective, by C.L. Wells. Human Biology 58(2):311. Human Sexual
Dimorphism, ed. by J. Ghesquiere, R.D. Martin, and F. Newcombe. Human Biology
58(4):650-651. Hormones: The Messengers of Life, by L Crapo, The Measurement of
Human Growth, by N. Cameron, The Anthropology of Sport: An Introduction, by K.
Blanchard and A.T. Chesha, and Endocrine Genetics and Genetics of Growth, by C.J.
Papadatos and C.S. Bartsocas. Human Biology 58(5):827-829. Perspectives in
Kinanthropometry, ed. by J.A.P. Day. Human Biology 58(6):999-1000.
1987
(Book reviews) The 1984 Olympic Scientific Congress Proceedings, Volumes 1-10, series
eds. J. Broekhoff, M.J. Ellis and D.J. Tripps, Nutrition, Diet and Health, by M.J. Gibney,
Medical Anthropology Quarterly: International Journal for the Cultural and Social
Analysis of Health, editor-in-chief, A. Harwood, and Human Ecology: A Theoretical
Essay, A.H. Hawley. Human Biology 59(5):868-871. Population, Health and Nutrition
in the Sahel: Issues in the Welfare of Selected West African Communities, ed. by A.G.
Hill. American Anthropologist 89:241-242.
1988
(Book reviews) Nutritional Anthropology, ed. by F.E. Johnston, Fifty: Midlife in
Perspective, by H. Katchadourian, The Potato in the Human Diet, by J.A. Woolfe, Mild
Hypertension: Is There Pressure to Treat?, by W.E. Miall and G. Greenberg, Human
Body Composition and Fat Distribution, ed. by N.G. Norgan, Bones of Contention:
Controversies in the Search for Human Origins, by R. Lewin, and Energy and Protein
Needs During Infancy, ed. by S.J. Fomon and W.C. Heird. Human Biology 60(3):507508, 513-517. Measuring Body Fat Using Skinfolds (color videotape), Anthropometric
Standardization Reference Manual, ed. by T.G. Lowman, A.F. Roche and R. Martorell.
Human Biology 60(6):960-961.
1991
(Book review) The Colors of Mankind: The Range and Role of Human Pigmentation, by
Spencer L. Rogers. Annals of Human Biology 18(2):180.
1992
(Book reviews) Height, Health, and History, by R. Floud, W. Wachter, and A. Gregory.
American Anthropologist 94(1):231. With Bitter Herbs They Shall Eat It: Chemical
Ecology and the Origins of Human Diet and Medicine, by Timothy Johns. Annals of
Human Biology 19(5):536-537.
1993
(Book reviews) Applications of Biological Anthropology to Human Affairs, ed. by C.G.N.
Mascie-Taylor and G.W. Lasker. Quarterly Review of Biology 68(3): 467-468.
Inujjuamuit Foraging Strategies by E.A. Smith and The Behavioral Ecology of Ife Pygmy
Men in the Ituri Forest, Zaire by R.C. Bailey. American Journal of Physical
Anthropology 91(2): 255-257.
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1995
(Book reviews) Historical Ecology: Cultural Knowledge and Changing Landscapes, ed.
by C.L. Crumley. American Scientist 83(5): 492. Seasonality and Human Ecology ed. by
S.J. Ulijaszek and S.S. Strickland. Annals of Human Biology (London), 22(1): 80-81.
1998
(Book review) The origins of human diet & medicine: chemical ecology, Arizona Studies
in Human Ecology, by Timothy Johns. Quarterly Review of Biology 73(1): 118.
1998
(Book review) Communicable disease epidemiology & control, by Roger Webber.
Quarterly Review of Biology 73(3): 389-390.
2000
(Book Review) The Kiss of Death: Chagas' Disease in the Americas, by Joseph William
Bastien. American Journal of Human Biology 12(5): 713-714.
2004
(Book Review) Human Biology and History, ed. by M. Smith. Human Biology 76: 317319.
2005
(Book Review) Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of
the Epidemic Intelligence Service, by Maryn McKenna. Quarterly Review of Biology
80(2): 268-269.
Papers, Book Chapters, Books, and Notes:
DeMeio, R.H., O. Salciunas, and M. Little. 1958. "In vitro" sulfate uptake by rat peritoneal cells.
Acta Physiologica Latinoamericana, 8:248-254.
Baker, P.T. and M.A. Little. 1965. Bone density changes with age, altitude, and race factors in
Peruvians. Human Biology, 37:122-136.
Mazess, R.E., E. Picón-Reátegui, R.B. Thomas and M.A. Little. 1968. Effects of alcohol and
altitude on man during rest and work. Aerospace Medicine, 39:403-406.
Little, M.A. 1968. Racial and developmental factors in foot cooling: Quechua Indians and U.S.
Whites. Occasional Papers in Anthropology (University Park, PA), 1:327-537.
Mazess, R.B., E. Picón-Reátegui, R.B. Thomas and M.A. Little. 1969. Oxygen intake and body
temperature of basal and sleeping Andean natives. Aerospace Medicine, 40:6-9.
Little, M.A. 1969. Temperature regulation at high altitude: Quechua Indians and U.S. Whites
during foot exposure to cold water and cold air. Human Biology, 41:519-535.
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Little, M.A. 1970. Effects of alcohol and coca on foot temperature responses of highland Peruvians
during a localized cold exposure. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 32:233242.
Little, M.A. 1971. Comment on: "Lactase deficiency: An example of dietary evolution" by Robert
D. McCracken. Current Anthropology, 12:504.
Little, M.A. and J.A. Rummel. 1971. Circadian variations in thermal and metabolic responses to
heat exposure. Journal of Applied Physiology, 31:556-561.
Little, M.A., R.B. Thomas, R.B. Mazess and P.T. Baker. 1971. Population differences and
developmental changes in extremity temperature responses to cold among Andean Indians.
Human Biology, 43:70-91.
Little, M.A. and D.H. Hochner. 1973. Human thermoregulation, growth and mortality. AddisonWesley Modules in Anthropology, No. 36. Reading, Massachusetts.
Little, M.A. and S.H. Friedman (eds.). 1973. Proceedings of a Conference on Man in the
Ecosystem. Human Adaptability Coordinating Office, U.S. National Committee for the
International Biological Program, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Little, M.A., R.B. Thomas and J.W. Larrick. 1973. Skin temperature and cold pressor responses of
Andean Indians during hand immersion in water at 4EC. Human Biology, 45:643-662.
Loucks, O.L., M.A. Little and P.L. Jamison (compilers). 1974. U.S. Participation in the
International Biological Program. Report No. 6 of the U.S. National Committee for the
IBP. National Academy of Science, Washington, D.C., 166 pp.
Dufour, D.L., M.A. Little and R.B. Thomas. 1976. Skin temperatures of the nape in infants at high
altitude. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 44:91-93.
Jones R.E., M.A. Little, R.B. Thomas, C.J. Hoff and D.L. Dufour. 1976. Local cold exposure of
Andean Indians during normal and simulated activities. American Journal of Physical
Anthropology, 44:305-314.
Little, M.A. and G.E.B. Morren, Jr. 1976. Ecology, Energetics and Human Variability. Wm. C.
Brown Co., Dubuque, 90 pp.
Baker, P.T. and M.A. Little (eds.). 1976. Man in the Andes: A Multidisciplinary Study of High
Altitude Quechua. Dowden, Hutchison & Ross, Stroudsburg, PA, 482 pp.
Little, M.A. 1976. Chapter 17: Physiological Responses to Cold. In Baker and Little (above), pp.
332-362.
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Little, M.A. and P.T. Baker. 1976. Chapter 20: Environmental Adaptation and Perspectives, In
Baker and Little (above), pp. 405-428.
Little, M.A. and J.M. Hanna. 1977. Cold responses of high altitude populations. International
Journal of Biometeorology, 21:123-124.
Little, M.A. and J.M. Hanna. 1978. Chapter 9: The responses of high altitude populations to Cold
and other physical stresses. In Biology of High Altitude Peoples, ed. by P.T. Baker, pp.
251-298. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Little, M.A. 1978. Comment on: "Coca chewing and high altitude stress" by Andrew B. Fuchs.
Current Anthropology, 19:286.
Little, M.A. 1980. Designs for human biology research of savanna pastoralists. In Human Ecology
in Savanna Environments, ed. by D.R. Harris, pp. 479-503. Academic Press, London.
Little, M.A. and C.J. Sprangel. 1980. Skin reflectance relationships with temperature and
skinfolds. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 52(1):145-151.
Little, M.A. and M.E. Wolff. 1981. Skin and hair reflectance in women with red hair. Annals of
Human Biology, 8(3):231-241.
Little, M.A. (ed.). 1981. State of Knowledge Report on Andean Ecosystems
(MAB/Unesco/UNEP). Volume 1: A General Prospectus on the Andean Region. Mountain
Research and Development, 1(2)[Special Issue]:87-186.
Little, M.A., P.T. Baker and J.D. Ives. 1981. Planning and development of Man and the Biosphere
(MAB) research in the Andes. Mountain Research and Development, 1(2):103-114.
Little, M.A. 1981. Human population in the Andes: the human science basis for research planning.
Mountain Research and Development, 1(2):145-170.
Little, M.A. 1982. Development of ideas on human ecology and adaptation. In History of
American Physical Anthropology, 1930-1980, ed. by Frank J. Spencer, pp. 405-433.
Academic Press, New York.
Dyson-Hudson, R. and M.A. Little (eds.). 1983. Rethinking Human Adaptation: Biological and
Cultural Models. Westview Press, Boulder, 180 pp.
Little, M.A. 1983. An overview of adaptation. In Rethinking Human Adaptation, pp. 137-147
(above).
Little, M.A. 1983. Comment on "Coca chewing and high-altitude stress: a spurious correlation" by
W. Bray and C. Dollery. Current Anthropology, 24:277-278.
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Mugambi, M. and M.A. Little. 1983. Blood pressure in nomadic Turkana pastoralists. East
African Medical Journal, 60(12):863-868.
Little, M.A., K. Galvin, and M. Mugambi. 1983. Cross-sectional growth of nomadic Turkana
pastoralists. Human Biology, 55(4):811-830.
Post, P.W. and M.A. Little. 1983. Hair colour variation in human populations. Indian Journal of
Physical Anthropology and Human Genetics, 9(1-3):21-55.
Little, M.A., N. Dyson-Hudson, R. Dyson-Hudson, J.E. Ellis, and D.M. Swift. 1984. Human
biology and the development of an ecosystem approach. In The Ecosystem Concept in
Anthropology, ed. by E.F. Moran, pp. 103-131. Westview Press, Boulder.
Little, M.A. 1985. Multidisciplinary and ecological studies of nomadic Turkana pastoralists.
Biology International (Paris), 11:11-16.
Little, M.A. and B.R. Johnson. 1985. Weather conditions in South Turkana, Kenya. In South
Turkana Nomadism: Coping with an Upredictably Varying Environment, by R. DysonHudson and J.T. McCabe. Human Relations Area Files, New Haven.
Little, M.A. and B.R. Johnson. 1986. Grip strength, muscle fatigue, and body composition in
nomadic Turkana pastoralists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 69(3):335344.
Little, M.A. and B.R. Johnson, Jr. 1987. Mixed longitudinal growth of nomadic Turkana
pastoralists. Human Biology 59(4):695-707.
Little, M.A. and P.T. Baker. 1988. Migration and adaptation. In Biological Aspects of Human
Migration, ed. by C.G.N. Mascie-Taylor and G.W. Lasker, pp. 167-215. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge.
Little, M.A. 1988. Introduction to the symposium: Ecology of Nomadic Turkana Pastoralists. In
Arid Lands Today and Tomorrow, Proceedings of an International Research and
Development Conference, ed. by E.E. Whitehead, C.F. Hutchinson, B.N. Timmerman, and
R.G. Varady, pp. 697-700. Westview Press, Boulder.
Little, M.A., K. Galvin, K. Shelley, B.R. Johnson, Jr. and M. Mugambi. 1988. Resources, biology
and health of pastoralists. In Arid Lands Today and Tomorrow, Proceedings of an
International Research and Development Conference, ed. by E.E. Whitehead, C.F.
Hutchinson, B.N. Timmerman, and R.G. Varady, pp. 713-726. Westview Press, Boulder.
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Little, M.A., K. Galvin, and P.W. Leslie. 1988. Health and energy requirements of nomadic
Turkana pastoralists. In Coping with Uncertainty in Food Supply, ed. by I. de Garine and
G.A. Harrison, pp. 288-315. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Little, M.A. (ed.). 1989. Program of the Fifty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the American Association
of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 78(2):137-330.
Van Der Hammen, T., D. Mueller-Dombois, and M.A. Little (eds.). 1989. Manual of Methods for
Mountain Transect Studies. Comparative Studies of Tropical Mountain Ecosystems,
International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) Decade of the Tropics. IUBS, Paris.
Little, M.A. and J.D. Haas (eds.). 1989. Human Population Biology: A Transdisciplinary Science.
Oxford University Press, New York.
Little, M.A. and J.D. Haas. 1989. Introduction: human population biology and the concept of
transdisciplinarity. In Little and Haas, pp. 3-12 (above).
Hanna, J.M., M.A. Little, and D.M. Austin. 1989. Climatic physiology. In Little and Haas, pp.
132-151 (above).
Thomas, R.B., T.B. Gage, and M.A. Little. 1989. Reflections on adaptive and ecological models.
In Little and Haas, pp. 296-319 (above).
Little, M.A. 1989. Human biology of African pastoralists. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology
32:215-247.
Little, M.A. (ed.). 1990. Program of the Fifty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Association
of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 81(2):141-321.
Little, M.A. and S.J. Gray. 1990. Growth of young nomadic and settled Turkana children. Medical
Anthropology Quarterly 4(3):296-314.
Little, M.A. and P.W. Leslie (eds.). 1990. The South Turkana Ecosystem Project. Report to the
Government of Kenya, Office of the President. State University of New York, Binghamton.
Little, M.A., N. Dyson-Hudson, R. Dyson-Hudson, J.E. Ellis, K.A. Galvin, P.W. Leslie, and D.M.
Swift. 1990. Ecosystem approaches in human biology: their history and a case study of the
South Turkana Ecosystem Project. In The Ecosystem Approach in Anthropology: From
Concept to Practice, ed. by E.F. Moran, pp. 389-434. University of Michigan Press, Ann
Arbor.
Little, M.A., P.W. Leslie, and P.T. Baker. 1991. Multidisciplinary studies of human adaptability:
Twenty-five years of research. Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society 26(1&2):929.
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Little, M.A. 1992. Man and the Biosphere. Anthropology Newsletter 33(4):32,30.
Little, M.A., P.W. Leslie, and K.L. Campbell. 1992. Energy reserves and parity of nomadic and
settled Turkana women. American Journal of Human Biology 4(6):729-738.
Leslie, P.W., K.L. Campbell, and M.A. Little. 1993. Pregnancy loss in nomadic and settled women
in Turkana, Kenya: a prospective study. Human Biology 65(2):237-254.
Little, M.A., S.J. Gray, and P.W. Leslie. 1993. Growth of nomadic and settled Turkana infants of
northwest Kenya. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 92(3):273-289.
Little, M.A. and P.W. Leslie. 1993. Migration. In: Research Strategies in Human Biology, ed. by
G.W. Lasker and C.G.N. Mascie-Taylor, pp. 62-91. Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge.
Little, M.A. 1993. Ethics in the fieldwork of physical anthropologists. Anthropology Newsletter
34(9):2.
Leslie, P.W., K.L. Campbell, and M.A. Little. 1994. Reproductive function in nomadic and settled
women of Turkana, Kenya. In Human Reproductive Ecology: Interactions of
Environment, Fertility, and Behavior, ed. by K.L. Campbell and J.W. Wood. Annals of the
New York Academy of Sciences 709:218-220.
Hauser, G., M.A. Little, and D.F. Roberts (eds.). 1994. Man, Culture, and Biodiversity:
Understanding Interdependencies. Biology International Special Issue No. 32,
International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS), Paris.
Little, M.A. 1994. Influences of Turkana pastoralists on dry savanna biodiversity. In: Man,
Culture, and Biodiversity: Understanding Interdependencies, ed. by G. Hauser, M.A. Little
and D.F. Roberts, pp. 33-41. Biology International Special Issue No. 32, International
Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS), Paris.
Little, M.A. 1995. Adaptation, adaptability, and multidisciplinary research. In: Biological
Anthropology: State of the Science, ed. by N.T. Boaz and L.D. Wolfe, pp.121-147.
International Institute for Human Evolutionary Research, Bend, Oregon.
Little, M.A., J.E. Buikstra, and F. Spencer. 1995. The records of biological anthropology. In
Preserving the Anthropological Record, 2nd Edition, ed. by S. Silverman and N.J. Parezo,
pp. 107-121. Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc., New York.
Little, M.A. 1995. Growth and development of Turkana pastoralists. In: Research Frontiers in
Anthropology: Advances in Archaeology and Physical Anthropology, ed. by P.N.
Peregrine, C.R. Ember, and M. Ember. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
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Leslie, P.W., K.L. Campbell, M.A. Little, and C.S. Kigondu. 1996. Evaluation of reproductive
function in Turkana women with enzyme immunoassays of urinary hormones in the field.
Human Biology 68:95-117.
Little, M. 1996. The Growth of Pastoral Turkana children. In Biological Anthropology: A
Synthetic Approach to Human Evolution, by N.T. Boaz and A.J. Almquist, pp. 510-511.
Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Little, M.A. 1997. Paul Thornell Baker. In: History of Physical Anthropology: An Encyclopedia,
Vol. 1, ed. by Frank Spencer, pp. 156-158. Garland, New York.
Little, M.A., P.W. Leslie, and P.T. Baker. 1997. Multidisciplinary research of human biology and
behavior. In: History of Physical Anthropology: An Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, ed. by Frank
Spencer, pp. 696-701. Garland, New York.
Little, M.A. 1997. Adaptability of African pastoralists. In: Human Adaptability: Past, Present and
Future, ed. by S.J. Ulijaszek and R.A. Huss-Ashmore, pp. 29-60. Oxford University Press,
Oxford.
Little, M. 1997. Aspectos metodológicos de la ecología humana. In: Estudios de Antropología
Biológica Vol VIII, ed. by R.M. Ramos Rodríguez and M.E. Peña Reyes, pp. 319-352.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Instituto de Investigaciones
Antropológicas, México.
Little, M.A. 1998. Growth of African pastoralist children. In: Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human
Growth and Development, ed. by S.J. Ulijaszek, F.E. Johnston, and M.A. Preece, pp. 354355. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Little, M.A. and P.W. Leslie (eds.). 1999. Turkana Herders of the Dry Savanna: Ecology and
Biobehavioral Response of Nomads to an Uncertain Environment. Oxford University
Press, Oxford. (see chapters below)
Little, M.A., R. Dyson-Hudson, P.W. Leslie, and N. Dyson-Hudson. 1999. Chapter 1: Framework
and theory, pp. 2-23. In: Little and Leslie (above).
Little, M.A., R. Dyson-Hudson, and J.T. McCabe. 1999. Chapter 2: Ecology of South Turkana,
pp. 42-65. In: Little and Leslie (above).
Galvin, K.A. and M.A. Little. 1999. Chapter 7: Dietary intake and nutritional status, pp. 124-145.
In: Little and Leslie (above).
Little, M.A., S.J. Gray, and I.L. Pike. 1999. Chapter 10: Infant, child, and adolescent growth, and
adult status, pp. 186-204. In: Little and Leslie (above).
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Little, M.A., R. Dyson-Hudson, N. Dyson-Hudson, and N.L. Winterbauer. 1999. Chapter 16:
Environmental variations in the South Turkana ecosystem, pp. 316-330. In: Little and
Leslie (above).
Campbell, B.C., P.W. Leslie, M.A. Little, J.M. Brainard, and M.A. DeLuca. 1999. Chapter 17:
The settled Turkana, pp. 332-352. In Little and Leslie (above).
Leslie, P.W., M.A. Little, R.Dyson-Hudson, and N.Dyson-Hudson. 1999. Chapter 18: Synthesis
and lessons, pp. 354-373. In: Little and Leslie (above).
Garruto, R.M., M.A. Little, G.D. James, and D.E. Brown. 1999. Natural experimental models: the
global search for biomedical paradigms among traditional, modernizing, and modern
populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96:10536-10543.
Little, M.A. 1999. Forward. In Happenings and Hearsay: Experiences of a Biological
Anthropologist, by Gabriel W. Lasker, pp. vii-ix. Savoyard Books, Detroit.
Little, M.A. and R.M. Garruto. 2000. Human adaptability research into the beginning of the Third
Millennium. Human Biology 72:179-199.
Little, M.A. 2000. Biological anthropology today. Anthropology News 41(3):21.
Johnston, F.E. and M.A. Little. 2000. History of human biology. In: Human Biology: An
Evolutionary and Biocultural Approach, ed. by S. Stinson, B. Bogin, R. Huss-Ashmore,
and D. O'Rourke, pp. 27-46. Wiley-Liss, New York.
Little, M.A. and W.E. Davis. 2000. Establishment of U.S. National Committee for IUAES.
Anthropology News 41(6):16.
Little, M.A. 2000. 4. Biological Anthropology. The Encyclopedia Americana: International
Edition, Volume 2, pp. 44-49. Grolier, Danbury, Connecticut.
Leslie, P.W., M.A. Little, and K.L. Campbell. 2001. Environmental change and ecology of
reproduction in Turkana, Kenya. In Proceedings of the Kongress der Gesellschaft für
Anthropologie, pp. 476-482. Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen.
Little, M.A. 2001. Lessons from the South Turkana Ecosystem Project. In: Human Ecology in the
New Millennium, ed. by V. Bhasin, V.K. Srivastava, and M.K. Bhasin, pp. 137-149.
Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Delhi.
Little, M.A., S.J. Gray, and B.C. Campbell. 2001. Milk consumption in African pastoral peoples.
In: Drinking: Anthropological Approaches, ed. by I. de Garine and V. de Garine, pp. 6686. Berghahn Books, New York.
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Little, M.A., C. Badgley, C.M. Beall, M. Balick, L.E. Munstermann, K.M. Weiss, T.M. Bert, and
B. Chernoff. 2001. A framework for a Program in the Human Dimensions of Biodiversity.
Biology International (Paris) 42:3-15.
Little, M.A. 2002. Growth and development of Turkana pastoralists. In: Physical Anthropology:
Original Readings in Method and Practice, ed. by P.N. Peregrine, C.R. Ember, and M.
Ember, pp. 219-238. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. (Reprinted from
Little 1995)
Little, M.A. 2002. Human biology, health, and ecology of nomadic Turkana pastoralists. In:
Human Biology of Pastoral Populations, ed. by W.R. Leonard and M.H. Crawford,
pp.151-182. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Little, M.A. 2002. Herding. In: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Vol. 2, ed. by Solomon Katz,
pp. 195-198. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
Little, M.A. 2002. Climate and food. In: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Vol. 1, ed. by
Solomon Katz, pp. 422-424. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
Little, M.A. 2002. Cannibalism. In: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Vol. 1, ed. by Solomon
Katz, pp. 313-316. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
Leslie, P.W. and M.A. Little. 2003. Human biology and ecology: variation in nature and the nature
of variation. American Anthropologist 105:28-37.
Silverman, S. and M.A. Little. 2003. Foreword. In: Human Biology in the Archives: Health,
Nutrition, and Genetics in Historical Populations, ed. by D.A. Herring and A.C.
Swedlund, pp. xi-xvi. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Gray, S., M. Sundal, B. Wiebusch, M.A. Little, P.W. Leslie, and I.L. Pike. 2003. Cattle raiding
and human population biology of East African pastoralists. Current Anthropology 44:3-30
(Suppl.).
Little, M.A. 2003. Gabriel Ward Lasker (1912-2002). American Anthropologist 105:889-892.
Little, M.A. and C.G.N. Mascie-Taylor. 2004. Introduction -- human migration and mobility:
demographic, environmental, and evolutionary Issues. American Journal of Human
Biology 16:363-364.
Mascie-Taylor, C.G.N. and M.A. Little. 2004. History of migration studies in biological
anthropology. American Journal of Human Biology 16:365-378.
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Garruto, R.M., M.A. Little, and C.A. Weitz. 2004. Environmental stress and adaptational
responses: consequences for human health outcomes. Collegium Antropologicum 28:509540.
Little, M.A. and G.D. James. 2005. A brief history of the Human Biology Association: 1974-2004.
American Journal of Human Biology 17:141-154.
Campbell, B.C., P.W. Leslie, M.A. Little, and K.C. Campbell. 2005. Pubertal timing, hormones,
and body composition among adolescent Turkana males. American Journal of Physical
Anthropology 128:896-905.
Alfonso, M.P. and M.A. Little (transl. & ed.). 2005. Juan Comas’s Summary History of the
American Association of Physical Anthropologists (1928-1968). Yearbook of Physical
Anthropology 48:163-195.
Little, M.A. and A.T. Steegmann, Jr. 2006. Acclimatization and adaptation: responses to cold. In
Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 3: Environment, Origins and Population, ed.
by D.H. Ubelaker, pp. 740-747. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Little, M.A. 2007. Chapter 4. Human ecology in anthropology: Past, present, and prospects. In:
The Anthropologist (Special Issue 3) – Anthropology Today: Trends, Scope and
Applications), ed. by V. Bhasin and M.K. Bhasin, pp.25-38. Kamla-Raj Enterprises,
Delhi, India.
Little, M.A. and R.M. Garruto. 2007. Chapter 38. Global impacts of anthropogenic climate
change on human health and adaptability. In: The Anthropologist (Special Issue 3) –
Anthropology Today: Trends, Scope and Applications), ed. by V. Bhasin and M.K.
Bhasin, pp. 535-551. Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Delhi, India.
Little, M.A. 2008. Paul Thornell Baker (1927-2007). American Anthropologist 110(3):398-400.
Little, M.A. 2009. Socio-economic and geographic factors in human variation. In: Human
Diversity: Design for Life, ed. by J. Molenbroek, pp. 15-19. Proceedings of the 9th
Congress of Physiological Anthropology. Delft, The Netherlands.
Soloway, L.E., E.W. Demerath, N. Ochs, G.D. James, M.A. Little, J.R. Bindon, and R.M.
Garruto. 2009. Blood pressure and lifestyle on Saba, Netherlands Antilles. American
Journal of Human Biology 21: 319-325.
Garruto, R.M., G.D. James, and M.A. Little. 2009. Paul Thornell Baker: February 28, 1927 –
November 29, 2007. Biographical Memoirs. National Academy of Sciences,
Washington, DC.
Little, M.A. 2009. Foreword. In From Anthropometry to Genomics: Reflections of a Pacific
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Fieldworker, by J.S. Friedlaender, as told to J. Radin, pp. v-vii. iUniverse, New York.
Little, M.A., and K.A.R. Kennedy (eds.). 2010. Histories of American Physical Anthropology in
the Twentieth Century. Lexington Books, Lanham, MD.
Little, M.A., and K.A.R. Kennedy. 2010. Introduction to the history of American physical
anthropology. In Histories of American Physical Anthropology in the Twentieth Century,
ed. by M.A. Little and K.A.R. Kennedy, pp. 1-23. Lexington Books, Lanham, MD.
Little, M.A. 2010. Franz Boas’s place in American physical anthropology and its institutions.
In: Histories of American Physical Anthropology in the Twentieth Century, ed. by M.A.
Little and K.A.R. Kennedy, pp. 55-85. Lexington Books, Lanham, MD.
Little, M.A., and B.A. Kaplan. 2010. The immediate post-War years: the Yearbook of
Physical Anthropology and the Summer Seminars. In: Histories of American Physical
Anthropology in the Twentieth Century, ed. by M.A. Little and K.A.R. Kennedy, pp.
155-172. Lexington Books, Lanham, MD.
Little, M.A. and R.W. Sussman. 2010. History of biological anthropology. In: A Companion to
Physical Anthropology, ed. by Clark Spencer Larsen, pp. 13-38. Wiley-Blackwell, Malsen,
MA.
Little, M.A. and R.M. Garruto. 2010. Raymond Pearl and the shaping of human biology. Human
Biology 82(1): 77-102.
Little, M.A. 2010. Geography, migration, climate, and environmental plasticity as contributors to
human variation. In: Human Variation - From the Laboratory to the
Field, ed. by C.G.N.
Mascie-Taylor, A. Yasukouchi, and S.J. Ulijaszek, pp. 157-181. Taylor and Francis, London.
Little, M.A. 2010. History of the study of human biology. In: Human Evolutionary Biology,
ed. by M.P. Muehlenbein, pp. 29-47. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Little, M.A., G.D. James, and R.M. Garruto. 2012. Human Biology Association archives at the
Smithsonian Institution National Anthropological Archives. American Journal of Human
Biology 24(2):253-256.
Johnston, F.E. and M.A. Little. 2012. History of human biology. In: Human Biology: An
Evolutionary and Biocultural Approach, 2nd Ed., ed. by S. Stinson, B. Bogin, and D.
O'Rourke, pp. 23-50. Wiley-Liss, New York.
Little, M.A. 2012. Human population biology in the second half of the 20th century. Current
Anthropology 53 (Suppl. 1): S126-S138.
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Little, M.A. 2012. Joseph S. Weiner and the foundation of post-WW II human biology in the
United Kingdom. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 55: 114-131.
Little, M.A., R.B. Thomas, and R.M. Garruto (eds.). 2013. 2012 Wiley-Blackwell Plenary
Session: A Half Century of High Altitude Studies in Anthropology. American Journal of
Human Biology 25 (2): 148-197.
Little, M.A., R.B. Thomas, and R.M. Garruto. 2013. A half century of high-altitude studies in
anthropology: Introduction to the Plenary Session. American Journal of Human Biology 25
(2): 148-150.
Little, M.A. 2013. American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA). In: Encyclopedia
of Global Archaeology, Vol. 1, ed. By Claire Smith, pp. 182-184. Springer, Heidelberg.
Little, M.A. 2015. Kenneth Adrian Raines Kennedy (1930-2014). American Anthropologist
117(1): 219-221.
Little, M.A. and M.A. Blumler. 2015. Hunter-Gatherers. In: Basics in Human Evolution, ed. by
Michael P. Muehlenbein, pp. 323-335. Elsevier/Academic Press, London.
Little, M.A. 2015. Pastoralism. In: Basics in Human Evolution, ed. by Michael P. Muehlenbein,
337-347. Elsevier/Academic Press, London.
Little, M.A. 2017. Grip strength and body composition in Turkana pastoralist children and
adolescents. American Journal of Human Biology. DOI 10.1002/ajhb.22922. (pp. 1-10).
Little, M.A. 2017. In memoriam: V. Rada (Demerec) Dyson Hudson. Anthropology News.
American Anthropological Association.
Little, M.A. In press. Human growth curve. In: The International Encyclopedia of Biological
Anthropology, ed. by Wenda Trevathan. Wiley Blackwell.
Little, M.A. In press. American Association of Physical Anthropologists. In: The International
Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology, ed. by Wenda Trevathan. Wiley Blackwell.
Little, M.A. In press. Human Biology Association. In: The International Encyclopedia of
Biological Anthropology, ed. by Wenda Trevathan. Wiley Blackwell.
Little, M.A. In press. Adaptation, including environmental stress. In: The International
Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology, ed. by Wenda Trevathan. Wiley Blackwell.
Little, M.A. In press. International organizations in human biology. In: The International
Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology, ed. by Wenda Trevathan. Wiley Blackwell.
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Little, M.A. In press. Ernst Mayr. In: The International Encyclopedia of Biological
Anthropology, ed. by Wenda Trevathan. Wiley Blackwell.
Little, M.A. In press. William H. Sheldon. In: The International Encyclopedia of Biological
Anthropology, ed. by Wenda Trevathan. Wiley Blackwell.
Little, M.A. In press. Thomas H. Huxley. In: The International Encyclopedia of Biological
Anthropology, ed. by Wenda Trevathan. Wiley Blackwell.
Little, M.A. In press. Derek F. Roberts. In: The International Encyclopedia of Biological
Anthropology, ed. by Wenda Trevathan. Wiley Blackwell.
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