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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

📢 📚 2027 ARTICLE COLLECTION The Exposome: Growth, Maturation and Health during the Life Course ✍ Featuring invited papers from speakers at the 2026 joint SSHB-ISGA conference ✍ Submission deadline 31 October 2026 ✍ See Call for Papers below for details think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

📏 HUMAN BIOLOGY RESEARCH METHODS Wang et al. reframe categorisation of paediatric obesity using data-driven and explainable machine-learning techniques #OpenAccess #HumanBiology

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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

📜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...

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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🦠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....

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Applications of epidemiologic transition theory to modern infectious disease medicine and epidemiology

Epidemiologic transition theory (ETT) enables holistic assessment of the evolution and ecology of human health, disease, adaptation, and evolution to diverse stressors (e.g. pathogens). Accordingly...

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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

🔊Abstract submission deadline extended to 15 April 2026 ⌛

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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

📢 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...

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The Exposome - Growth, Maturation and Health through the Life Course - SSHB

Joint conference of the Society for the Study of Human Biology (SSHB) and the International Society for the Study of Human Growth and Clinical Auxology (ISGA)

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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

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 👇

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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

📈 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....

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Screen time and pubertal development: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain how screen time may affect pubertal development.To quantify the association between screen time exposure and timing of pubertal onset in children.We...

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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

👋 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

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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

📚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...

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Biological and Environmental Contributors to Child Growth and Health

Explore the article collection: Biological and Environmental Contributors to Child Growth and Health. Published in Annals of Human Biology.

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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

🗣️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....

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Whose health? Whose truth? Navigating the “Make America Healthy Again” – public health divide

Published in Annals of Human Biology (Vol. 52, No. 1, 2025)

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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

📚 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...

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Human Biology, Climate Change and Sustainability

Explore the article collection: Human Biology, Climate Change and Sustainability. Published in Annals of Human Biology.

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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

📚 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...

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The Growth and Development of Sub-Adult Hominins: Multidisciplinary Approaches

Explore the article collection: The Growth and Development of Sub-Adult Hominins: Multidisciplinary Approaches. Published in Annals of Human Biology.

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Joey Murphy PhD @joeyjmurphy.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

🚨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....

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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

📚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...

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Annals of Human Biology: Human Conflict, Natural Disasters and Human Biology

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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

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

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Liina Mansukoski @liinamansukoski.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

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....

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Delayed skeletal maturation is a major contributor to child height deficits in a low-income setting

Studying the extent to which delayed skeletal maturation may contribute to childhood height deficits is important for assessing potential for recovery in heights.To investigate the discrepancy in h...

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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

📜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....

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Pliocene climatic change and the origins of Homo at Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia

Long-term cooling and aridification are associated with the spread of grassland habitats and the appearance of new hominin adaptations starting in the late Miocene. However, limited fossil data dur...

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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

🫁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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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

📖 Publishing your research #OpenAccess may be more accessible than you think. Taylor & Francis work with many institutions worldwide to facilitate OA publishing for authors. Check current OA agreements here & see if your institution is involved: authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/choose-open/...

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OA agreements | Open Access Publishing | Taylor & Francis

Are you eligible for Open Access publishing support? Explore the open access agreements Taylor & Francis has with different institutions.

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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

🦠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....

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Lactose in human milk is associated with lower rates of infection during a drought

Infants given mothers’ milk have higher resistance against infections than formula-fed counterparts. This protection is likely multifactorial, with roles for both milk immune factors and nutrients,...

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Annals of Human Biology @annalshumanbio.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

🌎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....

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Ambient temperature and wet bulb globe temperature outperform heat index in predicting hydration status and heat perception in a semi-arid environment

Climate change is increasing temperatures, frequency of heatwaves, and erratic rainfall, which threatens human biology and health, particularly in already extreme environments. Therefore, it is imp...

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