William Leonard, PhD

Professor, Department of Anthropology
Director, Laboratory for Human Biology Research
Northwestern University
1810 Hinman Avenue
Evanston, IL  60208
Phone:  847/491-4839
Fax:  847/467-1778
w-leonard1@northwestern.edu


 
Areas of Interest

Human population biology; adaptability; energetics; nutrition; physical fitness; growth; international health; biocultural perspectives

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Selected Publications

Gravelee, C.C., Bernard, H.R, and W.R. Leonard (2003). Heredity, environment, and cranial form: A reanalysis of Boas’s immigrant data. American Anthropologist 105(1): 125–138. (abstract) (pdf)

Leonard, W.R. (2002). Food for thought: dietary change was a driving force in human evolution. Scientific American 106-115. (pdf)

Antón, S.C., Leonard, W.R., and M.L. Robertson (2002). An ecomorphological model of the initial hominid dispersal from Africa. Journal of Human Evolution 43: 773–785. (abstract) (pdf)

Leonard, W.R. and M.H. Crawford (2002). The biological diversity of herding populations. Human Biology of Pastoral Populations 1-9. (pdf)

Leonard, W.R., Spencer, G.J., Galloway, V.A., and L. Osipova (2001). Declining growth status of indigenous Siberian children in post-Soviet Russia. Human Biology 74(2): 197–209. (abstract) (pdf)


 
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