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Journal articles:

Local Resource Enhancement & Sex-biased Breastfeeding in a Caribbean Community.(pdf)  (2005) Current Anthropology. 46(3):471-480. Quinlan, R., Quinlan, M. & Flinn, M.

Kinship, Sex & Fitness in a Caribbean Community.(pdf)  (2005) Human Nature. 16(1):32-57. Quinlan, R. & Flinn, M.

Kinship, Gender & Migration from a Rural Caribbean Community. (pdf) (2005) Migration Letters. 2(1):2-12. R. Quinlan

Comment on Rende Taylor's "Dangerous Tradeoffs" [CA 46(3):411-431] (2005) Current Anthropology. 46(3):427-428. Quinlan, R.

Balancing the System: Humoral Medicine and Food in the Commonwealth of Dominica. (forthcoming) Food as Medicine in Cross-Cultural Perspective.  Quinlan, M. & Quinlan, R.

Father-Absence, Parental Care & Female Reproductive Development. (pdf) (2003) Evolution & Human Behavior. 24(6): 376-390. Quinlan, R.

Parental Investment & Age at Weaning in a Caribbean Village.(pdf) (2003) Evolution and Human Behavior. 24: 1-16. Quinlan, R., Quinlan, M. & Flinn, M.

Intergenerational Transmission of Conjugal Stability in a Caribbean Village. (2003) Journal of Comparative Family Studies. 34, in press Quinlan, R., Flinn, M.

Ethnophysiology and Botanical Treatments of Intestinal Worms in Dominica, West Indies. (2002) Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 80:75-83. Quinlan, M., Quinlan, R. & Nolan, J.

Effect of Household Structure on Female Reproductive Strategies in a Caribbean Community. (2001) Human Nature 12 (3): 169-189. Quinlan, R.

Growth and Fluctuating Asymmetry of Step-Children (1999) Evolution and Human Behavior. 20(6):465-479. Flinn, M., Leone, D., & Quinlan, R.

Male-Female Differences in Effects of Parental Absence on Glucocorticoid Stress Response. (1996) Human Nature, 7(2):125-62. Flinn, M., Quinlan, R., Turner, M., Decker, S., & England, B.

Evolution and Culture Turf Wars: History, Mind, and/or Ecology. (1994)  Journal of Anthropological Research 50:327-33. Flinn, M., Tedeschi, D., Quinlan, R., et al.

Dissertation and Thesis:

Household Composition and Reproductive Strategies in a Caribbean Village. (2000) Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. UMI.Quinlan, R.

Father-Absence, Maternal Care and Children’s Behavior in a Rural Caribbean Village. (1995) M.A. Thesis, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. Quinlan, R.

Published abstracts & Presentations:

Evolutionary Ecology of Lineal Social Organization Human Behavior & Evolution Society annual meeting (2005). Quinlan, R.

Long-term implications for growth of prenatal and early postnatal environment. (abstract) 2004 American Journal of Human Biology . Leone DV, Quinlan RJ, Hayden R, Stewart J, & Flinn MV

Father Absence & Reproductive Development. (February 2004)  Facts of Life 2004: The Impact of Family on Sex & Reproduction, Center for the Study of Natural Systems and the Family. Houston, Texas. Quinlan, R.

Tradeoffs Between Indirect Parental Investment and Direct Childcare Human Behavior & Evolution Society annual meeting (2003). Quinlan, R., Leone, D., Quinlan, M. England, B., Gangestad, S., Thornhill, R., & Flinn, M.

Biocultural Aspects of Stress, Blood Pressure & Health among American College Students (Abstract) (2003) American Journal of Human Biology. Quinlan, R. et al.

Family Environment and Reproduction in the Caribbean: a View from Evolutionary Ecology. (February 2002)  Facts of Life 2002: The Impact of Family & Society on Health & Reproduction, Center for the Study of Natural Systems and the Family. Houston, Texas. Quinlan, R.

Parasite Load, Growth, Fluctuating Asymmetry, and Stress Hormone Profiles among Children in a Rural Caribbean Village.  (Abstract) (2001) American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Worthen, C. Flinn, M., Leone, D., Quinlan, R., &  England, B.

Duration of Breastfeeding, Parasite Load, Growth, Fluctuating Asymmetry, and Cortisol Profiles.  (Abstract) (2001) American Journal of Physical Anthropology Leone, D., Quinlan, R.,  Quinlan, M., Worthen, C., Flinn, M., & England, B.

Sex Differences in Life History Development in a Rural Caribbean Village. (Abstract) (1995) American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Flinn, M., Decker, S., Quinlan, R., Tedeschi, D., Turner, M. & England, B.

Glucocorticoid Stress Response, Immune Function, and Illness among Children in a Rural Caribbean Village. (Abstract) (1995)  American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Flinn, M., Quinlan, M., Quinlan, R., Turner, M., & England, B.