E-Mail: CBRUFF(at)jhmi.edu
Phone: 410-955-7126

1830 E. Monument St., Room 302
Baltimore, MD 21205 USA

Ph.D., Biological Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, 1981
B.A., Anthropology, Stanford University, 1975

biomechanics and primate locomotion
evolution of the hominoid postcranium
skeletal growth and development
osteoporosis
skeletal remodeling & behavioral reconstruction in human populations

Curriculum Vitae

Web resource for the "MomentMacro" for calculating cross-sectional moments

2002 Amer. J. Phys. Anthropol. 119: 305-342. Excel file of primate structural properties
(Please note that this file was updated on 15 April 2006, correcting errors in some F50Zp property values.)

Web resource: EXCEL Macro for computing cross-sectional geometric properties using the eccentric ellipse model "EEM_Macro": Macro (Excel Macro) and Instructions (PDF) (from JHE 47:221-235)

Ruff, C.B. (2009) Relative limb strength and locomotion in Homo habilis. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 138: 90-100. (view from Wiley AJPA page)

Ruff, C.B. (2008) Biomechanical analyses of archaeological human skeletons. In: Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton (2nd ed.). Katzenberg, M.A. and Saunders, S.R., eds. New York: Alan R. Liss, pp. 183-206.

Ruff, C.B. (2008) Femoral/humeral strength in early African Homo erectus. J. Hum. Evol. 54: 383-390. (view from Elsevier JHE page)

Ruff, C.B. (2007) Body size prediction from juvenile skeletal remains. Amer. J. Phys. Anthropol. 133:698-716. (view from Wiley AJPA page)

Ruff C.B. (2006) Gracilization of the modern human skeleton - The latent strength in our slender bones teaches lessons about human lives, current and past. Amer. Scientist 94: 508-514 (view from American Scientist page)

Ruff, C.B., Holt, B.M., Sládek, V., Berner, M., Murphy, W.A., Nedden, D. zur, Seidler, H., and Reicheis, W. (2006) Body size, body shape, and long bone strength of the Tyrolean "Iceman". J. Human Evol. 51: 91-101. (view from Elsevier JHE page)

Ruff, C.B., Holt, B., Trinkaus, E. (2006) Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolff?: "Wolff's Law" and Bone Functional Adaptation. Amer. J. Phys. Anthropol. 129:484-498. (view from Wiley AJPA page)

Ruff, C.B. (2005) Mechanical determinants of bone form: Insights from skeletal remains. J. Musculoskel. Neuron. Inter. 5: 202-212. DOWNLOAD PDF (visit ISMNI JMNI page)

Ruff, C.B. (2005) Growth tracking of femoral and humeral strength from infancy through late adolescence. Acta Paediatrica 94: 1030-1037. (view from Taylor & Francis AP page)

Ruff, C., Niskanen, M., Junno, J.-A., Jamison, P. (2005) Body mass prediction from stature and bi-iliac breadth in two high latitude populations, with application to earlier higher latitude humans. J. Hum. Evol. 48: 381-392. (view from Elsevier JHE page)

Ruff, C.B. (2003) Ontogenetic adaptation to bipedalism: Age changes in femoral to humeral length and strength proportions in humans, with a comparison to baboons. J. Hum. Evol. 45: 317-349. (view from Elsevier JHE page)

Ruff, C.B. (2003) Growth in bone strength, body size, and muscle size in a juvenile longitudinal sample. Bone 33: 317-329. (view from Elsevier Bone page)

Ruff, C.B. (2003) Long bone articular and diaphyseal structure in Old World monkeys and apes, II: Estimation of body mass. Amer. J. Phys. Anthropol. 120: 16-37. (view from Wiley AJPA page)

Ruff, C.B. (2002) Long bone articular and diaphyseal structure in Old World monkeys and apes, I: Locomotor effects. Amer. J. Phys. Anthropol. 119:305-342. (view from Wiley AJPA page)

Ruff, C.B. (2002) Variation in human body size and shape. Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 31: 211-232. (view from Annual Reviews page)

Kirsten M. Brown, Evan M. Garofalo, Heather M. Garvin