K Rosenberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 7540 |
|---|---|
| NAME | K Rosenberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | K |
| FAMILY NAME | Rosenberg |
| SIGNATURE | ROSENBERG K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delaware |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4101-5017 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 499 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
The Evolution of Human Infancy: Why It Helps to Be Helpless
Humans have a prolonged childhood, which begins with an immature developmental state at birth. We take care of these helpless infants through a variety of cultural adaptations, including material culture, provisioning of food, and shared child care. Our species has long been characterized as having secondary altriciality, but an examination of human life history shows that we are fundamentally precocial, despite seeming helpless at birth. Human b…
Maternal motives behind elective cesarean sections
OBJECTIVES: The World Health Organization recommends a target cesarean section rate of 10-15%. In recent years, the US has had a nation-wide rate of 30.3% and some developed countries are even higher. Many factors account for this high rate, but our hypothesis is that women who elect cesarean section do so at least in part because of unallayed fear. METHODS: Our sample was comprised of American women of childbearing age who have not given birth b…
Introduction: The evolutionary and biocultural causes and consequences of rising cesarean birth rates
Before there Is a Table: Small Wins to Build a Movement against Sexual and Relationship Violence in a University Context
Eric B. Ross
Brother or Other: The Place of Neanderthals in Human Evolution
Simulations and Social Empathy: Domestic Violence Education in the New Millennium
When teaching about domestic violence, we hope that our students will be moved to act and organize against it within a social justice framework. We argue that instructional simulations can be used to inspire students to do so. Instructional simulations and gaming tools have been part of higher education pedagogical tool kits since at least the 1960s. Yet it is only recently that a domestic violence resource exists that reflects the interdisciplin…
Agency-University Partnerships for Evidence-Based Practice: A National Survey of Schools of Social Work
Efforts to disseminate and implement evidence-based practice (EBP) and empirically supported interventions (ESI) have been rapidly increasing in social work education, research, and practice. Nevertheless, the gap between research and practice remains substantial, reducing the opportunity for social work clients to benefit from the best available practices. Partnerships between schools of social work and community agencies to promote EBP, ESI, or…
Finding Feminist Sociology: A Review Essay
Performing Identities in the Classroom: Teaching Jewish Women's Studies
Teaching about intersecting, fluid and historically contingent identities has been taken up extensively within the sociology of race, class and gender and women's studies. Oddly, the case of Jewish women has been virtually left out of this robust literature. This article explores the challenges raised through teaching the course “Jewish Women in Contemporary America,” and links these challenges to the pedagogy of race, class and gender more broad…
Body size, body proportions, and encephalization in a Middle Pleistocene archaic human from northern China
The unusual discovery of associated cranial and postcranial elements from a single Middle Pleistocene fossil human allows us to calculate body proportions and relative cranial capacity (encephalization quotient) for that individual rather than rely on estimates based on sample means from unassociated specimens. The individual analyzed here (Jinniushan) from northeastern China at 260,000 years ago is the largest female specimen yet known in the hu…
Whynotthe Neandertals
Some workers have suggested that a hypothetical genetic mutation in an African population less than 100,000 years ago led to a cascade of neurological changes in the human brain that culminated in the appearance of modern language. Language then triggered the socioeconomic and cognitive changes we associate with behavioral modernity and Africans, armed with behavioral modernity, then spread out from that continent, out-competing, displacing, exti…
The human fossil record: Volume one: Terminology and craniodental morphology of genus Homo (Europe)
Birth, obstetrics and human evolution
The shoulders follow the head: Postcranial Constraints on Human Childbirth
The evolution of modern human diversity
Bipedalism and human birth: The obstetrical dilemma revisited
adaptation to bipedal locomotion decreased the size of the bony birth‐canal at the same time that the exigencies of tool use selected for larger brains. This obstetrical dilemma was solved by delivery of the fetus at a much earlier stage of development. (Washburn 1 ) ...there can be no doubt that many of the obstetrical problems of Mrs. H. Sapiens are due to the combination of a narrower pelvis and a bigger head in the species. ( Krogman 2 )
The Excavations in Kebara Cave, Mt. Carmel [and Comments and Replies]
This paper summarizes the results of recent excavations (1982-90) at the Middle Paleolithic site of Kebara Cave. Work at the cave by earlier excavators is also discussed. Although analysis of the Kebara materials is still far from completed, an overview of the current stage of the investigations includes (1) a synthesis of the site's complex stratigraphy and dating; (2) a description of the spatial patterning of hearths, ash lenses, and bone and …
The evolution of modern human childbirth
Human birth follows a pattern which is unique among mammals. Distinctions include the orientation of the fetus as it passes through the birth canal, the way the fetus emerges from the birth canal, difficulty during labor, and behavior by the mother and/or other individuals around the time of birth. Birth has important implications for the morphology of the pelvis, for sex differences in the pelvis, for such aspects of human biology as size (and m…
On Neandertal Pubic Length
Screening for congenital neural tube defects in a high-risk area: An epidemiological perspective
Data from the Glasgow Register of Congenital Malformations were used to investigate the extent of the recent decline in the prevalence of anencephaly and spina bifida, and the contribution of antenatal screening to it. Over the period 1974-85 inclusive, 303 pregnancies with an anencephalic foetus were diagnosed, representing an "adjusted" prevalence of 1.9 per 1000 total births, of which 179 (59%) were terminated following antenatal screening. Th…
The Functional Significance of Neandertal Pubic Length [and Comments and Reply]
Definitive quantification of the smoking effect on birthweight
As shown in 45,522 liveborn singletons, the decrease in birthweight associated with maternal smoking during pregnancy may be stated as 5.4 gm/cigarette/day in whites and 2.3 gm/cigarette/day in blacks. If confounding variables such as maternal weight and pregnancy weight gains are factored out, the apparent effects of cigarette smoking alone are reduced by no more than 17 %. New values for birthweights of the progency of nonsmoking mothers still …
Smoking, weight standards and “ideal” weight
Key words: Smokingweightweight standards“ideal” weight
Relationship between fatness level and size attainment in Central America
As shown in 15,085 individuals from six Central American countries, the level of fatness is related to size attainment not only during the growing period but also during adulthood. The fatness effect, manifest in all six Central American countries, tends to be higher in females than in males and bears a hierarchical relationship to the extent of impoverishment and undernutrition among the countries considered. The effect of fatness level on size …
The Excavations in Kebara Cave, Mt. Carmel [and Comments and Replies]
This paper summarizes the results of recent excavations (1982-90) at the Middle Paleolithic site of Kebara Cave. Work at the cave by earlier excavators is also discussed. Although analysis of the Kebara materials is still far from completed, an overview of the current stage of the investigations includes (1) a synthesis of the site's complex stratigraphy and dating; (2) a description of the spatial patterning of hearths, ash lenses, and bone and …
Allometric scaling in the dentition of primates and prediction of body weight from tooth size in fossils
Tooth size varies exponentially with body weight in primates. Logarithmic transformation of tooth crown area and body weight yields a linear model of slope 0.67 as an isometric (geometric) baseline for study of dental allometry. This model is compared with that predicted by metabolic scaling (slope = 0.75). Tarsius and other insectivores have larger teeth for their body size than generalized primates do, and they are not included in this analysis…
The evolution of modern human childbirth
Human birth follows a pattern which is unique among mammals. Distinctions include the orientation of the fetus as it passes through the birth canal, the way the fetus emerges from the birth canal, difficulty during labor, and behavior by the mother and/or other individuals around the time of birth. Birth has important implications for the morphology of the pelvis, for sex differences in the pelvis, for such aspects of human biology as size (and m…
The Functional Significance of Neandertal Pubic Length [and Comments and Reply]
Whynotthe Neandertals
Some workers have suggested that a hypothetical genetic mutation in an African population less than 100,000 years ago led to a cascade of neurological changes in the human brain that culminated in the appearance of modern language. Language then triggered the socioeconomic and cognitive changes we associate with behavioral modernity and Africans, armed with behavioral modernity, then spread out from that continent, out-competing, displacing, exti…
The shoulders follow the head: Postcranial Constraints on Human Childbirth
The Evolution of Human Infancy: Why It Helps to Be Helpless
Humans have a prolonged childhood, which begins with an immature developmental state at birth. We take care of these helpless infants through a variety of cultural adaptations, including material culture, provisioning of food, and shared child care. Our species has long been characterized as having secondary altriciality, but an examination of human life history shows that we are fundamentally precocial, despite seeming helpless at birth. Human b…
Performing Identities in the Classroom: Teaching Jewish Women's Studies
Teaching about intersecting, fluid and historically contingent identities has been taken up extensively within the sociology of race, class and gender and women's studies. Oddly, the case of Jewish women has been virtually left out of this robust literature. This article explores the challenges raised through teaching the course “Jewish Women in Contemporary America,” and links these challenges to the pedagogy of race, class and gender more broad…
Demography and Human Origins
Simulations and Social Empathy: Domestic Violence Education in the New Millennium
When teaching about domestic violence, we hope that our students will be moved to act and organize against it within a social justice framework. We argue that instructional simulations can be used to inspire students to do so. Instructional simulations and gaming tools have been part of higher education pedagogical tool kits since at least the 1960s. Yet it is only recently that a domestic violence resource exists that reflects the interdisciplin…
Before there Is a Table: Small Wins to Build a Movement against Sexual and Relationship Violence in a University Context
The evolution of modern human diversity
Agency-University Partnerships for Evidence-Based Practice: A National Survey of Schools of Social Work
Efforts to disseminate and implement evidence-based practice (EBP) and empirically supported interventions (ESI) have been rapidly increasing in social work education, research, and practice. Nevertheless, the gap between research and practice remains substantial, reducing the opportunity for social work clients to benefit from the best available practices. Partnerships between schools of social work and community agencies to promote EBP, ESI, or…
On Neandertal Pubic Length
Russel N. Campbell, Noun Substitutes in Modern Thai — A Study in Pronominality
Noun Substitutes in Modern Thai: A Study in Pronominality
Menarcheal timing and the long‐term persistence of fatness levels
As shown for 12,376 women participants in two different survey studies, fatness levels are directly and inversely related to reported menarcheal ages even in octogenarians. With due correction for the secular or generational trend in menarcheal timing, the present data would suggest long term persistence ("channelization") of fatness levels
A History of Eighteenth-Century Russian Literature
Allometric scaling in the dentition of primates and prediction of body weight from tooth size in fossils
Tooth size varies exponentially with body weight in primates. Logarithmic transformation of tooth crown area and body weight yields a linear model of slope 0.67 as an isometric (geometric) baseline for study of dental allometry. This model is compared with that predicted by metabolic scaling (slope = 0.75). Tarsius and other insectivores have larger teeth for their body size than generalized primates do, and they are not included in this analysis…
Demography and Human Origins
Relationship between fatness level and size attainment in Central America
As shown in 15,085 individuals from six Central American countries, the level of fatness is related to size attainment not only during the growing period but also during adulthood. The fatness effect, manifest in all six Central American countries, tends to be higher in females than in males and bears a hierarchical relationship to the extent of impoverishment and undernutrition among the countries considered. The effect of fatness level on size …
Smoking, weight standards and “ideal” weight
Key words: Smokingweightweight standards“ideal” weight
Definitive quantification of the smoking effect on birthweight
As shown in 45,522 liveborn singletons, the decrease in birthweight associated with maternal smoking during pregnancy may be stated as 5.4 gm/cigarette/day in whites and 2.3 gm/cigarette/day in blacks. If confounding variables such as maternal weight and pregnancy weight gains are factored out, the apparent effects of cigarette smoking alone are reduced by no more than 17 %. New values for birthweights of the progency of nonsmoking mothers still …
Screening for congenital neural tube defects in a high-risk area: An epidemiological perspective
Data from the Glasgow Register of Congenital Malformations were used to investigate the extent of the recent decline in the prevalence of anencephaly and spina bifida, and the contribution of antenatal screening to it. Over the period 1974-85 inclusive, 303 pregnancies with an anencephalic foetus were diagnosed, representing an "adjusted" prevalence of 1.9 per 1000 total births, of which 179 (59%) were terminated following antenatal screening. Th…
The Functional Significance of Neandertal Pubic Length [and Comments and Reply]
On Neandertal Pubic Length
The Excavations in Kebara Cave, Mt. Carmel [and Comments and Replies]
This paper summarizes the results of recent excavations (1982-90) at the Middle Paleolithic site of Kebara Cave. Work at the cave by earlier excavators is also discussed. Although analysis of the Kebara materials is still far from completed, an overview of the current stage of the investigations includes (1) a synthesis of the site's complex stratigraphy and dating; (2) a description of the spatial patterning of hearths, ash lenses, and bone and …
The evolution of modern human childbirth
Human birth follows a pattern which is unique among mammals. Distinctions include the orientation of the fetus as it passes through the birth canal, the way the fetus emerges from the birth canal, difficulty during labor, and behavior by the mother and/or other individuals around the time of birth. Birth has important implications for the morphology of the pelvis, for sex differences in the pelvis, for such aspects of human biology as size (and m…
Bipedalism and human birth: The obstetrical dilemma revisited
adaptation to bipedal locomotion decreased the size of the bony birth‐canal at the same time that the exigencies of tool use selected for larger brains. This obstetrical dilemma was solved by delivery of the fetus at a much earlier stage of development. (Washburn 1 ) ...there can be no doubt that many of the obstetrical problems of Mrs. H. Sapiens are due to the combination of a narrower pelvis and a bigger head in the species. ( Krogman 2 )
The evolution of modern human diversity
The shoulders follow the head: Postcranial Constraints on Human Childbirth
Birth, obstetrics and human evolution
The human fossil record: Volume one: Terminology and craniodental morphology of genus Homo (Europe)
Whynotthe Neandertals
Some workers have suggested that a hypothetical genetic mutation in an African population less than 100,000 years ago led to a cascade of neurological changes in the human brain that culminated in the appearance of modern language. Language then triggered the socioeconomic and cognitive changes we associate with behavioral modernity and Africans, armed with behavioral modernity, then spread out from that continent, out-competing, displacing, exti…
Body size, body proportions, and encephalization in a Middle Pleistocene archaic human from northern China
The unusual discovery of associated cranial and postcranial elements from a single Middle Pleistocene fossil human allows us to calculate body proportions and relative cranial capacity (encephalization quotient) for that individual rather than rely on estimates based on sample means from unassociated specimens. The individual analyzed here (Jinniushan) from northeastern China at 260,000 years ago is the largest female specimen yet known in the hu…
Performing Identities in the Classroom: Teaching Jewish Women's Studies
Teaching about intersecting, fluid and historically contingent identities has been taken up extensively within the sociology of race, class and gender and women's studies. Oddly, the case of Jewish women has been virtually left out of this robust literature. This article explores the challenges raised through teaching the course “Jewish Women in Contemporary America,” and links these challenges to the pedagogy of race, class and gender more broad…
Finding Feminist Sociology: A Review Essay
Agency-University Partnerships for Evidence-Based Practice: A National Survey of Schools of Social Work
Efforts to disseminate and implement evidence-based practice (EBP) and empirically supported interventions (ESI) have been rapidly increasing in social work education, research, and practice. Nevertheless, the gap between research and practice remains substantial, reducing the opportunity for social work clients to benefit from the best available practices. Partnerships between schools of social work and community agencies to promote EBP, ESI, or…
Simulations and Social Empathy: Domestic Violence Education in the New Millennium
When teaching about domestic violence, we hope that our students will be moved to act and organize against it within a social justice framework. We argue that instructional simulations can be used to inspire students to do so. Instructional simulations and gaming tools have been part of higher education pedagogical tool kits since at least the 1960s. Yet it is only recently that a domestic violence resource exists that reflects the interdisciplin…
Sociology (16 works) · Biology (12 works) · History (12 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (10 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · History (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Evolutionary biology (6 works)