Binghamton University - Anthropology Department

MICHAEL A. LITTLE

(PhD Pennsylvania State University 1968), Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, is a biological anthropologist with interests in adaptation to environmental stress in living human populations, and who approaches anthropological science from biocultural, ecological, and evolutionary perspectives. He has conducted research with high-altitude Quechua Indians of Peru within the framework of adaptation to cold and hypoxia, and with nomadic Turkana pastoralists of NW Kenya within the framework of child growth, reproductive ecology, and general health and adaptability. His current interests lie in the history of biological anthropology.

Little, M.A. In press. History of the study of human biology. In: Human Evolutionary Biology, ed. by M. Muehlenbein. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Little, M.A. and A.T. Steegmann, Jr. 2006. Acclimatization and adaptation: responses to cold. In Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 3: Environment, Origins and Population, ed. by D.H. Ubelaker, pp. 740-747. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Little, M.A. 2007. Chapter 4. Human ecology in anthropology: Past, present, and prospects. In: The Anthropologist (Special Issue 3) – Anthropology Today: Trends, Scope and Applications), ed. by V. Bhasin and M.K. Bhasin, pp.25-38. Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Delhi, India.

Little, M.A. and R.M. Garruto. 2007. Chapter 38. Global impacts of anthropogenic climate change on human health and adaptability. In: The Anthropologist (Special Issue 3) – Anthropology Today: Trends, Scope and Applications), ed. by V. Bhasin and M.K. Bhasin, pp. 535-551. Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Delhi, India.

Little, M.A. 2008. Paul Thornell Baker (1927-2007). American Anthropologist 110(3):398-400.

2005. Little, M.A. and G.D. James. A brief history of the Human Biology Association:1974-2004. American Journal of Human Biology 17:141-154.

2005. Campbell, B.C., P.W. Leslie, M.A. Little, and K.C. Campbell. Pubertal timing, hormones, and body composition among adolescent Turkana males. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 128:896-905.

2005. Alfonso, M.P. and M.A. Little (transl. & ed.). Juan Comas's Summary History of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (1928-1968). Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 48:163-195.

Fall 2009 Course: ANTH 501 (co-taught with T. Wilson)

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Thomas M. Wilson
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Departmental Administrative Assistant:
Robin Barron
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Director of
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Deborah Elliston
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Director of Graduate Studies:
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	MICHAEL A. LITTLE Email: mlittle@binghamton.edu (PhD Pennsylvania State University 1968), Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, is a biological anthropologist with interests in adaptation to environmental stress in living human populations, and who approaches anthropological science from biocultural, ecological, and evolutionary perspectives. He has conducted research with high-altitude Quechua Indians of Peru within the framework of adaptation to cold and hypoxia, and with nomadic Turkana pastoralists of NW Kenya within the framework of child growth, reproductive ecology, and general health and adaptability. His current interests lie in the history of biological anthropology. Little, M.A. In press. History of the study of human biology. In: Human Evolutionary Biology, ed. by M. Muehlenbein. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Little, M.A. and A.T. Steegmann, Jr. 2006. Acclimatization and adaptation: responses to cold. In Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 3: Environment, Origins and Population, ed. by D.H. Ubelaker, pp. 740-747. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Little, M.A. 2007. Chapter 4. Human ecology in anthropology: Past, present, and prospects. In: The Anthropologist (Special Issue 3) – Anthropology Today: Trends, Scope and Applications), ed. by V. Bhasin and M.K. Bhasin, pp.25-38. Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Delhi, India. Little, M.A. and R.M. Garruto. 2007. Chapter 38. Global impacts of anthropogenic climate change on human health and adaptability. In: The Anthropologist (Special Issue 3) – Anthropology Today: Trends, Scope and Applications), ed. by V. Bhasin and M.K. Bhasin, pp. 535-551. Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Delhi, India. Little, M.A. 2008. Paul Thornell Baker (1927-2007). American Anthropologist 110(3):398-400. 2005. Little, M.A. and G.D. James. A brief history of the Human Biology Association:1974-2004. American Journal of Human Biology 17:141-154. 2005. Campbell, B.C., P.W. Leslie, M.A. Little, and K.C. Campbell. Pubertal timing, hormones, and body composition among adolescent Turkana males. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 128:896-905. 2005. Alfonso, M.P. and M.A. Little (transl. & ed.). Juan Comas's Summary History of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (1928-1968). Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 48:163-195. Fall 2009 Course: ANTH 501 (co-taught with T. Wilson) « BACK





Departmental Chair: Thomas M. Wilson twilson@binghamton.edu Departmental Administrative Assistant: Robin Barron rbarron@binghamton.edu Director of Undergraduate Studies: Deborah Elliston elliston@binghamton.edu Director of Graduate Studies: D. Andrew Merriwether andym@binghamton.edu Department Secretary: Heidi Kenyon hkenyon@binghamton.edu

Departmental Chair: Thomas M. Wilson twilson@binghamton.edu

Departmental Administrative Assistant: Robin Barron rbarron@binghamton.edu

Director of Undergraduate Studies: Deborah Elliston elliston@binghamton.edu

Director of Graduate Studies: D. Andrew Merriwether andym@binghamton.edu