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William L. Jungers is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of psychology and anthropology, with significant contributions in subfields such as social psychology, paleontology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and developmental biology.

The scientist's work spans various topics including primate behavior and ecology, evolution and paleontology studies, bat biology and ecology, animal vocal communication and behavior, as well as Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology.

Key recent publications include:

  • The evolution of mammalian brain size, 2021, Science Advances
  • A geometric morphometric approach to investigate primate proximal phalanx diaphysis shape, 2021, American Journal of Biological Anthropology
  • Revised Body Mass Estimates for Extinct Lemurs, 2025, American Journal of Biological Anthropology

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • American Journal of Biological Anthropology
  • Science Advances

Collaborations have been established with several researchers, with the most frequent coauthors including:

  • Ryan S. Rothman
  • Jeroen B. Smaers
  • Daphne R. Hudson
  • Amy M. Balanoff
  • Brian L. Beatty

Best Publications

  • Body mass in comparative primatology

    Richard J. Smith;William L. Jungers

  • Shape, relative size, and size‐adjustments in morphometrics

    William L. Jungers;Anthony B. Falsetti;Christine E. Wall

  • A chronology for late prehistoric Madagascar.

    David A Burney;Lida Pigott Burney;Laurie R Godfrey;William L Jungers

  • Size and scaling in primate biology

    William L. Jungers

  • The kinetics of primate quadrupedalism: "hindlimb drive" reconsidered

    B. Demes;S.G. Larson;J.T. Stern;W.L. Jungers

  • Lucy's limbs: skeletal allometry and locomotion in Australopithecus afarensis

    William L. Jungers

  • Fossil Homo femur from Berg Aukas, northern Namibia

    F. E. Grine;W. L. Jungers;P. V. Tobias;O. M. Pearson

  • Can Low-Magnification Stereomicroscopy Reveal Diet

    Gina M. Semprebon;Laurie R. Godfrey;Nikos Solounias;Michael R. Sutherland

  • Orrorin tugenensis Femoral Morphology and the Evolution of Hominin Bipedalism

    Brian G. Richmond;William L. Jungers

  • Relative joint size and hominoid locomotor adaptations with implications for the evolution of hominid bipedalism

    William L. Jungers

  • Body Size and Skeletal Allometry in African Apes

    William L. Jungers;Randall L. Susman

  • The Primitive Wrist of Homo floresiensis and Its Implications for Hominin Evolution

    Matthew W. Tocheri;Caley M. Orr;Susan G. Larson;Thomas Sutikna

  • The evolution of human and ape hand proportions.

    Sergio Almécija;Jeroen B. Smaers;William L. Jungers

  • Randomization procedures and sexual dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis

    Charles A. Lockwood;Brian G. Richmond;William L. Jungers;William H. Kimbel

  • Body mass estimates of hominin fossils and the evolution of human body size.

    Mark Grabowski;Mark Grabowski;Kevin G. Hatala;William L. Jungers;Brian G. Richmond

  • Stature estimation and calibration: Bayesian and maximum likelihood perspectives in physical anthropology

    Lyle W. Konigsberg;Samantha M. Hens;Lee Meadows Jantz;William L. Jungers

  • Size variation and sexual dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis and living hominoids

    Brian G. Richmond;William L. Jungers

  • Teeth, brains, and primate life histories.

    Laurie R. Godfrey;K.E. Samonds;W.L. Jungers;M.R. Sutherland

  • Aspects of size and scaling in primate biology with special reference to the locomotor skeleton

    William L. Jungers

  • Takeoff and landing forces of leaping strepsirhine primates.

    B. Demes;J.G. Fleagle;W.L. Jungers

Frequent Co-Authors

Elwyn L. Simons
Elwyn L. Simons Duke University
David A. Burney
David A. Burney National Tropical Botanical Garden
John G. Fleagle
John G. Fleagle Stony Brook University
Michael J. Morwood
Michael J. Morwood University of Wollongong
Frederick E. Grine
Frederick E. Grine Stony Brook University
Mark F. Teaford
Mark F. Teaford RMIT University
Colin P. Groves
Colin P. Groves Australian National University
Kirk E. Smith
Kirk E. Smith University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Lyle W. Konigsberg
Lyle W. Konigsberg University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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