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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Congrats to our departing post doc Dr Srishti Sadir as she’s starts her TT assistant professor position at SUNY Stony Brook @sunyofficial.bsky.social
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Congratulations on our own Max Kiekhofer on winning the Schwartz Family Prize for best senior thesis in biological anthropology! 🍾 anthropology.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...
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The Department of Anthropology Congratulates Winners of Senior Essay Awards
The recipients include undergraduates in the biological, sociocultural, and archaeological subfields of anthropology.
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Richard Bribiescas @rbribiescas.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Nice Proc B article on climate change and weight gain in owl monkeys by Yale bioanthro PhD student Jonathan Pertile. 👍 @jonathanpertile.bsky.social news.yale.edu/2026/05/20/w...
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Warmer temps, heavier owl monkeys: Climate linked to weight gain in primates
A Yale-led study finds that Azara’s owl monkeys have gotten heavier as temperatures rise — a result that defies long-standing expectations about how animals adapt to warm climates.
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Congratulations to our own Max Kiekhofer on his Yale student researcher award! news.yale.edu/2026/05/06/y...
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Yale honors student workers for campus contributions
Ten Yale College students last week received the university’s annual Y-Work Awards for their commitment to on-campus jobs.
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Congratulations YREL and Yale Anthropology PhD alum Dr. Dorsa Amir on her 2026 APS Spence Award by the Association for Psychological Science @dorsaamir.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/psyc...
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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Modern lifestyles affect how the gut microbiome processes estrogen
Industrialized lifestyles — and feeding infants with formula — are changing the gut microbiome in ways that significantly increase estrogen recycling, potentially affecting people’s health, a new Yale...
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Industrialization increases the estrogen-recycling capacity of the gut microbiome | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Richard Bribiescas @rbribiescas.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Reproductive and metabolic hormone associations in adult Samoan males with and without obesity url: academic.oup.com/emph/article... @yalereproeco.bsky.social
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Reproductive and metabolic hormone associations in adult Samoan males with and without obesity
Implications Obesity has potentially negative effects on male reproductive hormone function in Samoa. While the effects on male fertility remain unclear, f
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
The impact of thawing duration on leptin and adiponectin levels in frozen human milk samples - Harries - 2024 - American Journal of Human Biology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ftr/10.1...
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Reproductive endocrinology and aging in human males: An evolutionary p... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Reproductive endocrinology and aging in human males: An evolutionary perspective
Due to its important role in fertility, reproductive endocrine function has been subject to natural selection in all organisms including human males. …
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Full article: Associations between maternal and infant body composition, feeding practices, and perceived infant eating behaviour in Samoan mother–infant dyads aged 1–4 months www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Associations between maternal and infant body composition, feeding practices, and perceived infant eating behaviour in Samoan mother–infant dyads aged 1–4 months
Breastfeeding has been shown to reduce risks for the development of obesity. While initiation of breastfeeding is almost universal in Samoa, there is an opportunity to improve the proportion of inf...
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals | PNAS
To address claims of human exceptionalism, we determine where humans fit within the greater mammalian distribution of reproductive inequality. We s...
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
The postmenopausal brain: no silver bullet, but silver linings - The Lancet Neurology www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The postmenopausal brain: no silver bullet, but silver linings
For many years, the set of menopausal symptoms that concluded women's valued reproductive role in western societies was considered taboo, discretely wrapped with a Victorian euphemism (“the change”) i...
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Longitudinal analysis of cortisol changes during pubertal development in indigenous Qom girls - Glass - 2024 - American Journal of Human Biology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Longitudinal analysis of cortisol changes during pubertal development in indigenous Qom girls
Pubertal research has primarily focused on hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis (HPG) regulation of puberty, though the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis (HPA) is increasingly considered critical. H...
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Contaminant Exposure Profiles Demonstrate Similar Physiological Effects Across Environments Despite Unique Profile Composition in Formosa, Argentina, and Connecticut, USA - Chaney - 2025 - American Journal of Human Biology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ftr/10.1...
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
“I Never Don’t Have Water Because I Collect Rainwater”: Domains of Water Insecurity and Their Sociocultural Correlates in an Indigenous Community of Northern Argentina - Current Developments in Nutrition cdn.nutrition.org/article/S247...
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“I Never Don’t Have Water Because I Collect Rainwater”: Domains of Water Insecurity and Their Sociocultural Correlates in an Indigenous Community of Northern Argentina
The lifestyles and worldviews of indigenous communities have long been deeply intertwined with natural resources, particularly water. These vital resources are now severely threatened by systemic soci...
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Positive Cortisol–Testosterone Hormonal Coupling Among Adolescents in Argentina and Jordan - Glass - 2025 - American Journal of Biological Anthropology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Positive Cortisol–Testosterone Hormonal Coupling Among Adolescents in Argentina and Jordan
Objectives Puberty is regulated by the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) and gonadal (HPG) axes. It has been proposed that if HPA and HPG coactivate during pubertal development, the hormones cort...
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
The impact of thawing duration on leptin and adiponectin levels in frozen human milk samples - Harries - 2024 - American Journal of Human Biology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ftr/10.1...
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Variation in diurnal cortisol patterns among the Indigenous Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador - Liebert - 2025 - American Journal of Human Biology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Variation in diurnal cortisol patterns among the Indigenous Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador
Objectives The hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis and its primary end product, the glucocorticoid cortisol, are major components of the evolved human stress response. However, most studies ha.....
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Testosterone, 8‐Oxo‐2′‐Deoxyguanosine (8‐OHdG) and Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) in Adult Shuar Males of Amazonian Ecuador: A Test for Evidence of Trade‐Offs Between Reproductive Effort and Oxidative Stress - Bribiescas - 2025 - American J of Human Biology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Testosterone, 8‐Oxo‐2′‐Deoxyguanosine (8‐OHdG) and Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) in Adult Shuar Males of Amazonian Ecuador: A Test for Evidence of Trade‐Offs Between Reproductive Effort and Oxidative Stress
Objectives Reproductive effort incurs the cost of biological aging and morbidity by compromising somatic maintenance when key resources are limited. Oxidative stress is positively correlated with re...
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Soil‐Transmitted Helminths and the Intricacies of Immunoregulation: Evidence From Amazonian Ecuador for the Importance of Considering Species‐Specific Effects Within the Old Friends Hypothesis - Cepon‐Robins - 2025 - American Journal of Human Biology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Soil‐Transmitted Helminths and the Intricacies of Immunoregulation: Evidence From Amazonian Ecuador for the Importance of Considering Species‐Specific Effects Within the Old Friends Hypothesis
Objectives The old friends hypothesis (OFH) examines connections between the global increase in immunoregulatory diseases (e.g., allergy and autoimmunity) and reduced exposure to immune-priming symb.....
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Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab @yalereproeco.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Salivary Testosterone, Age, and Adiposity Associations Among Shuar Males in Amazonian Ecuador Challenge Assumptions of “Normal” Testosterone Patterns - Gildner - 2025 - American Journal of Human Biology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Salivary Testosterone, Age, and Adiposity Associations Among Shuar Males in Amazonian Ecuador Challenge Assumptions of “Normal” Testosterone Patterns
Objectives Adult male testosterone concentrations in high income countries often decrease with age and adiposity, a pattern typically viewed as “normal.” However, testosterone is expected to be adap.....
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