Adam D Gordon

Summary

Affiliation: George Washington University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Strong postcranial size dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis: results from two new resampling methods for multivariate data sets with missing data
    Adam D Gordon
    Department of Anthropology, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 135:311-28. 2008
  2. ncbi Limb-size proportions in Australopithecus afarensis and Australopithecus africanus
    David J Green
    Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, 2110 G St NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    J Hum Evol 52:187-200. 2007
  3. ncbi Metacarpal proportions in Australopithecus africanus
    David J Green
    Hominid Paleobiology Doctoral Program, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University 2110 G St NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    J Hum Evol 54:705-19. 2008
  4. ncbi Long-distance carcass transport at Olduvai Gorge? A quantitative examination of Bed I skeletal element abundances
    J Tyler Faith
    Hominid Paleobiology Doctoral Program, CASHP, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    J Hum Evol 56:247-56. 2009
  5. ncbi The Homo floresiensis cranium (LB1): size, scaling, and early Homo affinities
    Adam D Gordon
    Department of Anthropology, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, The George Washington University, 2110 G Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:4650-5. 2008
  6. ncbi Hand pressure distribution during Oldowan stone tool production
    Erin Marie Williams
    Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    J Hum Evol 62:520-32. 2012
  7. ncbi Mandibular size and shape variation in the hominins at Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia
    Matthew M Skinner
    Department of Anthropology, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, George Washington University, 2110 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    J Hum Evol 51:36-49. 2006
  8. ncbi Causes and significance of variation in mammalian basal metabolism
    David A Raichlen
    Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, 1009 E South Campus Drive, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
    J Comp Physiol B 180:301-11. 2010
  9. ncbi Aging of the cerebral cortex differs between humans and chimpanzees
    Chet C Sherwood
    Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:13029-34. 2011

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Strong postcranial size dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis: results from two new resampling methods for multivariate data sets with missing data
    Adam D Gordon
    Department of Anthropology, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 135:311-28. 2008
    ..afarensis. However, the results of this and past studies strongly suggest behavioral and mating strategies differed between A. afarensis and modern humans...
  2. ncbi Limb-size proportions in Australopithecus afarensis and Australopithecus africanus
    David J Green
    Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, 2110 G St NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    J Hum Evol 52:187-200. 2007
    ..africanus behavioral repertoire relative to that of A. afarensis...
  3. ncbi Metacarpal proportions in Australopithecus africanus
    David J Green
    Hominid Paleobiology Doctoral Program, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University 2110 G St NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    J Hum Evol 54:705-19. 2008
    ..africanus did not place the same mechanical demands on the thumb as more recent, stone-tool-producing hominins...
  4. ncbi Long-distance carcass transport at Olduvai Gorge? A quantitative examination of Bed I skeletal element abundances
    J Tyler Faith
    Hominid Paleobiology Doctoral Program, CASHP, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    J Hum Evol 56:247-56. 2009
    ..The patterning at Bed I contrasts strongly with Middle Stone Age and Middle Paleolithic assemblages, which provide clear evidence for selective transport, suggesting higher transport costs and longer transport distances...
  5. ncbi The Homo floresiensis cranium (LB1): size, scaling, and early Homo affinities
    Adam D Gordon
    Department of Anthropology, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, The George Washington University, 2110 G Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:4650-5. 2008
    ..Our results are consistent with hypotheses that suggest the Liang Bua specimens represent a diminutive population closely related to either early H. erectus s. l. from East Africa and/or Dmanisi or to H. habilis...
  6. ncbi Hand pressure distribution during Oldowan stone tool production
    Erin Marie Williams
    Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    J Hum Evol 62:520-32. 2012
    ..Our findings call into question hypotheses linking modern human thumb robusticity specifically to load resistance during stone tool production...
  7. ncbi Mandibular size and shape variation in the hominins at Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia
    Matthew M Skinner
    Department of Anthropology, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, George Washington University, 2110 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    J Hum Evol 51:36-49. 2006
    ....
  8. ncbi Causes and significance of variation in mammalian basal metabolism
    David A Raichlen
    Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, 1009 E South Campus Drive, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
    J Comp Physiol B 180:301-11. 2010
    ..These results suggest that selection alters BMR in response to thermoregulatory pressures, and that selection uses muscle mass as a means to generate this variation...
  9. ncbi Aging of the cerebral cortex differs between humans and chimpanzees
    Chet C Sherwood
    Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:13029-34. 2011
    ..Thus, we conclude that the increased magnitude of brain structure shrinkage in human aging is evolutionarily novel and the result of an extended lifespan...