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2020
On the use of “life history theory” in evolutionary psychology, Stearns, S.C., and Rodrigues A.M.M. , (2020)  (1.3 MB)
2019
Frontiers in molecular evolutionary medicine. J. Mol. Evol., Stearns, S.C. , (2019)
Humans in cities: Self-generated selection. In Szulkin, M., Munshi-South, J., & Charmantier, A. Urban Evolutionary Biology. Oxford University Press., Milot, E., and Stearns S.C. , (2019)
2018
Association of long-term risk of respiratory, allergic, and infectious diseases with removal of adenoids and tonsils in childhood. JAMA Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery 144: 594-603., Byars, S.G., Stearns S.C., and Boomsma J.J. , (2018)
Chronic disease and the Transition to Modernity: Mismatch and natural selection. Nature Reviews Genetics 19: 419-430., Corbett, S., Courtiol A., Lummaaa V., Moorad J., and Stearns S.C. , (2018)
2017
Evolutionary public health: Introducing the concept. Lancet 390:500-509., Wells, J., Nesse R., Sear R., Johnstone R., and Stearns S.C. , (2017)
Genetic loci associated with coronary artery disease harbor evidence of selection and antagonistic pleiotropy. PLOS Genetics , Byars, S.G., Huang Q.Q, Gray L-A., Bakshi A., Ripatti S., Abraham G., Stearns S.C, and Inouye M , (2017)
2016
The importance of timescale for fitness metrics and estimates of selection on human life history traits during a period of demographic change. , Scranton, K., Lummaa V., and Stearns S.C , (2016)
2015
Evolutionary Medicine, Stearns, Stephen C., and Medzhitov Ruslan , Sunderland, (2015)
2014
Opposite risk patterns for autism and schizophrenia are associated with normal variation in birth size: phenotypic support for hypothesized diametric gene-dosage effects., Byars, S.G., Stearns S.C., and Boomsma J.J. , (2014)
2013
The Demographic Transition Influences Variance in Fitness and Selection on Height and BMI in Rural Gambia, Courtiol, Alexandre, Rickard Ian J., Lummaa Virpi, Prentice Andrew M., Fulford Anthony J. C., and Stearns Stephen C. , Current biology : CBCurrent biology : CB, Jun, Volume 23, Number 10, p.884-889, (2013)
Genetic links between post-reproductive lifespan and family size in Framingham. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, Wang, X, Byars S.G., and Stearns S.C , (2013)
2012
Constraints on the co-evolution of contemporary human males and females., Stearns, S. C., Govindaraju D.R., Ewbank D., and Byars S.G. , (2012)
Evolution and medicine in undergraduate education: a prescription for all biology students., Antolin, Michael F., Jenkins Kristin P., Bergstrom Carl T., Crespi Bernard J., De Subhajyoti, Hancock Angela, Hanley Kathryn A., Meagher Thomas R., Moreno-Estrada Andres, Nesse Randolph M., et al. , EvolutionEvolution, Jul, Volume 66, Number 6, p.1991-2006, (2012)
2011
On designing courses in evolutionary medicine, Stearns, S.C. , Evo. Edu. Outreach, Issue 4, (2011)  (105.17 KB)
George Christopher Williams, 1926-2010. A biographical memoir, Stearns, S.C. , (2011)  (312.56 KB)
2010
Colloquium Paper: Natural selection in a contemporary human population, Byars, Sean G., Ewbank Douglas, Govindaraju Diddahally R., and Stearns Stephen C. , Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of AmericaProceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, Feb 13, (2010)  (571.43 KB)
Evolution in health and medicine Sackler colloquium: Evolutionary perspectives on health and medicine, Stearns, Stephen C., Nesse Randolph M., Govindaraju Diddahally R., and Ellison Peter T. , Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of AmericaProceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, Feb 26, Volume 107 Suppl 1, p.1691-1695, (2010)
Evolutionary perspectives on health and medicine, Stearns, SC, Nesse RM, Govindaraju DR, and Ellison PT , Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of AmericaProceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, Volume 107, Number suppl. 1, p.1691-1695, (2010)
Evolutionary perspectives on health and medicine, Stearns, Stephen C., Nesse Randolph M., Govindaraju Diddahally R., and Ellison Peter T. , Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of AmericaProceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, Volume 107, p.1691-1695, (2010)
George Christopher Williams 1926-2010 IN MEMORIAM, Futuyma, Douglas J., and Stearns Stephen C. , EvolutionEvolution, Volume 64, Number 12, p.3339-3343, (2010)
Making evolutionary biology a basic science for medicine, Nesse, Randolph M., Bergstrom Carl T., Ellison Peter T., Flier Jeffrey S., Gluckman Peter, Govindaraju Diddahally R., Niethammer Dietrich, Omenn Gilbert S., Perlman Robert L., Schwartz Mark D., et al. , Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of AmericaProceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, Volume 107, p.1800-1807, (2010)
Measuring selection in contemporary human populations, Stearns, Stephen C., Byars Sean G., Govindaraju Diddahally R., and Ewbank Douglas , Nature Reviews GeneticsNature Reviews Genetics, Sep 01, Volume 11, Number 9, p.611-622, (2010)  (433.71 KB)
2009
Intraspecific competition between co-infecting parasite strains enhances host survival in African trypanosomes, Balmer, Oliver, Stearns Stephen Curtis, Schotzau Andreas, and Brun Reto , EcologyEcology, Volume 90, Number 12, p.3367-3378, (2009)  (922.26 KB)
2008
Chapter 3: Life History Theory and Human Development. , Stearns, SC, ALLAL N, and Mace R , Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology, , New York NY: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology, , New York NY: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,, p.47-69, (2008)