Evolution, development and timing of puberty

The Evolution of Life-histories

1993 • 12,395 citations

Living with the Past: Evolution, Development, and Patterns of Disease

2004 • 1,804 citations

The Timing of Normal Puberty and the Age Limits of Sexual Precocity: Variations around the World, Secular Trends, and Changes after Migration

2003 • 1,651 citations

Evolution, consequences and future of plant and animal domestication

2002 • 1,647 citations

Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Adolescent Brain

2004 • 1,562 citations

Worldwide Variation in Human Growth

1991 • 1,496 citations

THE EVOLUTION OF PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN LIFE‐HISTORY TRAITS: PREDICTIONS OF REACTION NORMS FOR AGE AND SIZE AT MATURITY

1986 • 1,175 citations

Fetal origins of hyperphagia, obesity, and hypertension and postnatal amplification by hypercaloric nutrition

2000 • 1,009 citations

Patterns of human growth

1988 • 793 citations

Worldwide Variation in Human Growth

1991 • 758 citations

The developmental origins of the metabolic syndrome

2004 • 636 citations

Human longevity at the cost of reproductive success

1998 • 613 citations

The Backbone of History

2002 • 562 citations

Environmental influences during development and their later consequences for health and disease: implications for the interpretation of empirical studies

2005 • 459 citations

The Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity in Life-History Traits: Predictions of Reaction Norms for Age and Size at Maturity

1986 • 441 citations

The Problem of Low Birth Weight

1995 • 407 citations

The Fetal Matrix: Evolution, Development and Disease

2004 • 401 citations

Size at Birth Predicts Age at Menarche

2001 • 352 citations

Early Menarche, a Risk Factor for Breast Cancer, Indicates Early Onset of Ovulatory Cycles*

1983 • 322 citations

Evolution of the human life cycle

1996 • 304 citations

Proximate Mechanisms of Phenotypic Plasticity in Amphibian Metamorphosis

1997 • 258 citations

Childhood growth and age at menarche

1996 • 258 citations

Secular Trends in Pubertal Development

2002 • 251 citations

Opposing Influences of Prenatal and Postnatal Weight Gain on Adrenarche in Normal Boys and Girls

2004 • 244 citations

Physiological Perspectives on Leptin as a Regulator of Reproduction: Role in Timing Puberty1

1999 • 242 citations

Heritability of age at menarche in girls from the Fels Longitudinal Study

2005 • 238 citations

Reconstructing Health Profiles from Skeletal Remains

2002 • 218 citations

Fetal experience and good adult designa

2001 • 214 citations

Early Puberty: Rapid Progression and Reduced Final Height in Girls With Low Birth Weight

2000 • 209 citations

Familial Central Precocious Puberty Suggests Autosomal Dominant Inheritance

2004 • 190 citations

Fat distribution in non‐obese girls with and without precocious pubarche: central adiposity related to insulinaemia and androgenaemia from prepuberty to postmenarche

2003 • 139 citations

Principles of Human Evolution

1997 • 130 citations

Age and size at maturity: sex, environmental variability and developmental thresholds

2004 • 123 citations

CYP17 Gene Polymorphisms: Prevalence and Associations with Hormone Levels and Related Factors. A HuGE Review

2004 • 114 citations

The Fetal Matrix: Evolution, Development and Disease

2004 • 111 citations

The CYP3A4*1B variant is related to the onset of puberty, a known risk factor for the development of breast cancer.

2003 • 108 citations

Estrogen-Metabolizing Gene Polymorphisms, But Not Estrogen Receptor-α Gene Polymorphisms, Are Associated with the Onset of Menarche in Healthy Postmenopausal Japanese Women

2003 • 107 citations

Evolutionary Medicine

1999 • 107 citations

A Cross‐Cultural Approach to Adolescence

1995 • 98 citations

Natural selection and developmental sexual variation in the human pelvis

1995 • 92 citations

Big-bodied males help us recognize that females have big pelves

2004 • 85 citations

Evolutionary principles of human adolescence

1999 • 81 citations

Clinical Paediatric Endocrinology

1973 • 78 citations

Effect of low versus normal birthweight on menarche in 14‐year‐old Polish girls

2002 • 77 citations

The Secular Trend in Size and Maturational Timing and Its Implications for Nutritional Assessment

1987 • 69 citations

Adolescence in evolutionary perspective

1994 • 69 citations

Principles of human evolution

2005 • 64 citations

Early Puberty in Adopted Children

2002 • 62 citations

The Backbone of History: Health and Nutrition in the Western Hemisphere

2003 • 57 citations

Clinical Paediatric Endocrinology

1996 • 57 citations

Association of SHBG gene polymorphism with menarche

2005 • 56 citations

Age at Menarche: A Misunderstanding

1981 • 55 citations

A Twin Study for Serum Leptin, Soluble Leptin Receptor, and Free Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I in Pubertal Females

2005 • 50 citations

Combined Use of Growth Hormone and Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone Analogues in Precocious Puberty: Theoretic and Practical Considerations

1999 • 48 citations

The neuroendocrinology of human puberty. An ontogenetic perspective

1990 • 48 citations

Paleodemography of the Americas: From Ancient Times to Colonialism and Beyond

2002 • 37 citations

Brain Development during Puberty and Adolescence: Comments on Part II

2004 • 26 citations

Morbidity mortality and menarche.

1981 • 16 citations

Morbidity, morality, and menarche.

1981 • 13 citations

The Effects of Manipulation of Puberty on Growth

2003 • 12 citations

The Evolution of Human Phenotypic Plasticity: Age and Nutritional Status at Maturity

2003 • 11 citations

Intrauterine Growth Retardation and Puberty in Girls

2001 • 8 citations