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2024
Roseman CC, & Auerbach BM. In review. Evolving a field: Can evolutionary theory provide what the study of human evolution requires? Yearbook of Biological Anthropology.

In review
Auerbach BM, Horbaly HE & Sylvester AD. In prep. Geometric means as a scaling factor and their relationship to body size.
In preparation
Auerbach BM, & Agosto EA. In prep. Evolution and biomechanical variation in mammalian ungual phalanges with respect to locomotion.
In preparation
Ryan KGJ, Sylvester AD, Butaric LN, & Auerbach BM. In prep. Novel quantification of sphenoidal sinus three-dimensional shape variation in Homo sapiens.
In preparation
Agosto ER, & Auerbach BM. In prep. Evolution within the primate axial skeleton: assessing univariate models of trait evolution using a phylogenetic comparative approach.
In preparation
2023
Auerbach BM, Savell KRR, & Agosto EA. 2023. Morphology, evolution, and the whole organism imperative. Yearbook of Biological Anthropology 181 (S76): 180-211.

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Horbaly HE, Hubbe M, Sylvester AD, Steadman DW, & Auerbach BM. 2023. Variation in human limb joint articular morphology. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 182: 388-400.
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Auerbach BM. 2023. Biological Distance (normal variation/non-metrical and metrical analysis). In: Pollard AM, Armitage RA, & Makarawicz C (eds.): Handbook of Archaeological Sciences, New York: John Wiley and Sons.
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2022
Agosto EA & Auerbach BM. 2022. Morphological integration and evolutionary potential of the primate phoulder: Variation among taxa and implications for genetic covariances with the basicranium, pelvis, and arm. Journal of Human Evolution 169: 103221.

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Young M, Richard D, Grabowski M, Auerbach BM, Muthuirulan P, Kharkar V, Kurki HK, Betti L, Birkenstock L, Lewton KL, & Capellini TD. In press. The developmental impacts of natural selection on human pelvic morphology. Science Advances 8(33):abq4884.
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Savell KRR, Katz DC, Weaver TD, & Auerbach BM. 2022. Mixed models for the relationship between latitude, temperature, and human postcranial evolution. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 179: 431-443.
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2021
Agosto EA & Auerbach BM. 2021. Evolvability and constraint in the primate basicranium, shoulder, and hip and the importance of multi-trait evolution. Evolutionary Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11692-021-09532-2

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2020
Wall-Scheffler CM, Kurki HK, & Auerbach BM. 2020. The Evolutionary Biology of the Human Pelvis: An Integrative Approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-1-107-19957-6

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2019
Auerbach BM. 2019. Nonparametric Statistics. In: Lopez Varela SL (ed.): The SAS Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences. New York: Wiley-Liss.

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Auerbach BM. 2019. Stature Estimation. In: Lopez Varela SL (ed.): The SAS Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences. New York: Wiley-Liss.
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2018
Auerbach BM, King KA, Campbell RM, Campbell ML, & Sylvester AD. 2018. Variation in obstetric dimensions of the human bony pelvis in relation to age-at-death and latitude. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 167:628-643.

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Auerbach BM. 2018. Peopling of the New World. In: Trevathan W (ed.): The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. New York: Wiley-Liss.
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2017
Auerbach BM, Gooding AF, Shaw CN, & Sylvester AD. 2017. The relative position of the human fibula to the tibia influences cross-sectional properties of the tibia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 163:148-157.

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Mallard AM, Savell KRR & Auerbach BM. 2017. Morphological integration of the human pelvis with respect to age and sex. Anatomical Record 300:666-674.

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2016
Savell KRR, Auerbach BM, & Roseman CC. 2016. Constraint, natural selection, and the evolution of human body form. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 113:9492-9497.
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Reeves NM, Auerbach BM, & Sylvester AD. 2016. Fluctuating and directional asymmetry in the long bones of captive cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 160:41-51.
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2015
Auerbach BM. 2015. Giants are not among us: A review of The Ancient Giants Who Ruled America: The Missing Skeletons and the Great Smithsonian Cover-up. By R Dewhurst. Rochester, VT: Bear and Company. 2013. American Antiquity 80:628-629. (Invited review)

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Roseman CC & Auerbach BM. 2015. Ecogeography, genetics, and the evolution of human body form. Journal of Human Evolution 78:80-90.
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2014
Hilton CE, Auerbach BM, & Cowgill LW (editors). 2014. The Foragers of Point Hope: The Biology and Archaeology of Humans on the Edge of the Alaskan Arctic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Now available in the UK and Europe. Available in September 2014 in the United States)

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Auerbach BM. 2014. Morphologies from the edge: perspectives on biological variation among the late Holocene inhabitants of the northwestern North American Arctic. In Hilton CE, Auerbach BM, & Cowgill LW (eds.): The Foragers of Point Hope: The Biology and Archaeology of Humans on the Edge of the Alaskan Arctic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 235-265.
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Hilton CE, Auerbach BM, & Cowgill LW. 2014. Introduction: Humans on the edge of the Alaskan Arctic. In Hilton CE, Auerbach BM, & Cowgill LW (eds.): The Foragers of Point Hope: The Biology and Archaeology of Humans on the Edge of the Alaskan Arctic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1-10.
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Auerbach BM. 2014. Body mass, stature, and proportions of the skeleton. Owsley DW & Jantz RL (eds.): Kennewick Man: The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton.. Texas A&M Press: College Station. pp. 212-231.
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Trinkaus E, Holliday TW, & Auerbach BM. 2014. Neandertal clavicle length. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 111:4438-4442.
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2012
Auerbach BM. 2012. Skeletal variation among early Holocene North American humans: implications for origins and diversity in the Americas. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 149:525-536.

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Fatah EEA, Shirley NR, Mahfouz MR, & Auerbach BM. 2012. A three-dimensional analysis of bilateral directional asymmetry in the human clavicle. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 149:547-559.
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Ruff CB, Raxter MH, & Auerbach BM. 2012. Comment on Bidmos and Manger, "New soft tissue correction factors for stature estimation: Results from magnetic resonance imaging" (For. Sci. Intl. 214 (2012) 212 e1-7). Forensic Science International 222:e42-e43.
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Cowgill LW, Eleazer CD, Auerbach BM, Temple DH, & Okazaki K. 2012. Developmental variation in ecogeographic body proportions. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 148:557-570.
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2011
Auerbach BM. 2011. Methods for estimating missing human skeletal osteometric dimensions employed in the revised Fully technique for estimating stature. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 145:67-80.

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Auerbach BM & Sylvester AD. 2011. Allometry and apparent paradoxes in human limb proportions: implications for scaling factors. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 144:382-391.
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Auerbach BM. 2011. Reaching great heights: changes in indigenous stature, body size, and body shape with agricultural intensification in North America. Pinhasi R & Stock JT (eds.): Human Bioarchaeology of the Transition to Agriculture. London: Wiley-Liss. pp. 203-233.
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2010
Auerbach BM (editor). 2010. Human Variation in the Americas: the integration of archaeology and biological anthropology. Occasional Paper No. 38. Center for Archaeological Investigations. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University.

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Auerbach BM. 2010. Finding common ground in the archaeology and biology of the Americas' past. In Auerbach BM (ed.): Human Variation in the Americas: the integration of archaeology and biological anthropology. Occasional Paper No. 38. Center for Archaeological Investigations. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University. pp. 1 - 11.
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Auerbach BM. 2010. Giants among us? Morphological variation and migration on the Great Plains. In Auerbach BM (ed.): Human Variation in the Americas: the integration of archaeology and biological anthropology. Occasional Paper No. 38. Center for Archaeological Investigations. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University, pp. 172 - 214.
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Auerbach BM & Ruff CB. 2010. Stature estimation formulae for indigenous populations from North America. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 141:190-207.
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2009
Auerbach BM. 2009. Book review: Analysis of Variance and Covariance: How to Choose and Construct Models for the Life Sciences. By CP Doncaster and AJH Davey. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2007. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 140:767-768.

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2008
Temple DH, Auerbach BM, Nakatsukasa M, & Larsen CS. 2008. Variation in limb proportions between Jomon foragers and Yayoi agriculturalists from prehistoric Japan. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 137:164-174.

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Auerbach BM & Raxter MH. 2008. Patterns of clavicular bilateral asymmetry in relation to the humerus: variation among humans. Journal of Human Evolution 54:663-674.
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2007
Raxter MH, Ruff CB, & Auerbach BM. 2007. Technical Note: Use of revised Fully stature estimation technique. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 133:817-818.

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Auerbach BM. 2007. Human skeletal variation in the New World during the Holocene: Effects of climate and subsistence across geography and time. Ph.D. Dissertation. Center for Functional Anatomy & Evolution: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. 1107 pp. (3 volumes)
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2006
Auerbach BM & Ruff CB. 2006. Limb bone bilateral asymmetry: variability and commonality among modern humans. Journal of Human Evolution 50:203-218.

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Raxter MH, Auerbach BM, & Ruff CB. 2006. Revision of the Fully Technique for estimating statures. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 130:374-384.
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2004
Auerbach BM & Ruff CB. 2004. Human body mass estimation: a comparison of "morphometric" and "mechanical" methods. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 125:331-342.

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