Theses
Books
Articles and Chapters
Miscellaneous

Theses:

Cranial Allometry in the Great Apes. A.B. thesis, Harvard College, 1955.

Multivariate Analysis of Pleistocene and Recent Coyotes in California. M.A. thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 1956.

A Genetic Study in the Markham Valley, Northeastern New Guinea. Ph.D. thesis, Harvard University, 1966.

Books:

Giles, E. and J.S. Friedlaender, eds. 1976 The Measures of Man: Methodologies in Human Biology. Peabody Museum Press, Cambridge, Mass., 653 pp.

Articles and Chapters:

Giles, E. 1956 Cranial allometry in the great apes. Human Biology, 28: 43-58.

Hunt, E.E., Jr. and E. Giles 1956 Allometric growth of body composition in man and other mammals. Human Biology, 28: 253-273 (Also reprinted in: Brozek, J., ed., 1956 Body Measurement and Human Nutrition. Wayne University Press, Detroit. Pp. 143-163.)

Hunt, E.E., Jr. and E. Giles 1956 An evaluation of the Photo-Metric camera. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 14: 429-436.

Giles, E. 1960 Multivariate analysis of Pleistocene and Recent coyotes (Canis latrans) from California. University of California Publications in the Geological Sciences, 36: 369-390.

Giles E. and O. Elliot 1960 Negro-white identification from the skull. Actes du VIe Congres international des Sciences anthropologiques et ethnologiques, vol. 1, pp. 179-184.

Giles, E. and H.K. Bleibtreu 1961 Cranial evidence in archaeological reconstruction: a trial of multivariate techniques for the Southwest. American Anthropologist, 63: 48-61.

Giles, E. 1962 Favism, sex-linkage, and the Indo-European kinship system. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, 18: 286-290.

Giles, E. and O. Elliot 1962 Race identification from cranial measurements. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 7: 147-157.

Damon, A., H.K. Bleibtreu, O. Elliot and E. Giles 1962 Predicting somatotype from body measurements. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 20: 461-473.

Giles, E. and O. Elliot 1963 Sex determination by discriminant function analysis of crania. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 21: 53-68.

Giles, E. 1964 Sex determination by discriminant function analysis of the mandible. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 22: 129- 135.

Giles, E., E. Ogan and A.G. Steinberg 1965 Gamma-globuin factors (Gm and Inv) in New Guinea: anthropological significance. Science, 150: 1158-1160.

Hungerford, D.A., E. Giles and C.G. Creech 1965 Chromosome studies of eastern New Guinea natives. Current Anthropology, 6: 107-110.

Giles, E. 1966 Statistical techniques for sex and race determination: some comments in defense. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 25: 85-86.

Giles, E. 1966 The prehistoric New Guinean. New Guinea, 1(7): 20-25.

Giles, E., E. Ogan, R.J. Walsh and M.A. Bradley 1966 Blood group genetics of natives of the Morobe District and Bougainville, Territory of New Guinea. Archaeology and Physical Anthropology in Oceania, 1: 135-154. (Also reprinted in: Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, vol. 14, 1966, pp. 178-198.)

Giles, E., R.J. Walsh and M.A. Bradley 1966 Micro-evolution in New Guinea: the role of genetic drift. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 134: 655-665.

Giles, E., C.C. Curtain and A. Baumgarten 1967 Distribution of B- thalassemia trait and erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in the Markham River valley of New Guinea. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 27:83-88.

Baumgarten, A., E. Giles and C.C. Curtain 1967 Distribution of the group specific (Gc) serum component in the populations of the Markham Valley, New Guinea. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 26: 79-83.

Baumgarten, A., E. Giles and C.C. Curtain 1968 The distribution of haptoglobin and transferrin types in northeast New Guinea. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 29: 29-37.

Giles, E. A.T. Hansen, J.M. McCullough, D.G. Metzger and M.H. Wolpoff 1968 Hydrogen cyanide and phenylthiocarbamide sensitivity, mid- phalangeal hair and color blindness in Yucatan, Mexico. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 28: 203-212.

Giles, E. 1969 Human biology and Melanesian history. In: Second Waigani Seminar: The History of Melanesia. University of Papua and New Guinea, Port Moresby and Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Canberra. Pp. 391-399.

Giles, E. 1970 Culture and genetics. In: A. Fischer, ed., Current Directions in Anthropology. Bulletins of the American Anthropological Association, vol. 3, no. 3, part 2, pp. 87-98.

(Also reprinted in: Korn, N., ed., 1973 Human Evolution: Readings in Physical Anthropology. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York. Pp. 234-247, and Warner Modular Publications, Andover, Mass.)

Giles, E. 1970 Discriminant function sexing of the skeleton. In: T.D. Stewart, ed., Personal Identification in Mass Disasters. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Pp. 99-109.

Giles, E. 1970 Sexing crania by discriminant function analysis: effects of age and number of variables. Proceedings of the VIIIth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, vol. 1, 59-61.

Giles, E., S. Wyber and R.J. Walsh 1970 Microevolution in New Guinea: additional evidence for genetic drift. Archaeology and Physical Anthropology in Oceania, 5: 60-72.

McCullough, J.M. and E. Giles 1970 Human cerumen types in Mexico and New Guinea: a humidity-related polymorphism in "Mongoloid" peoples. Nature, 226: 460-462.

McHenry, H. and E. Giles 1971 Morphological variation and heritability in three Melanesian populations: a multivariate approach. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 35: 241-253.

Singh, S., E. Ogan and E. Giles 1971 Dermatoglyphics among the Nasioi of Bougainville Island. Human Biology in Oceania, 1: 97-102.

Giles, E. 1973 Population analyses in Oceania. In: M.H. Crawford and P.L. Workman, eds., Methods and Theories of Anthropological Genetics. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. Pp. 389-401.

Schanfield, M.S., E. Giles and H. Gershowitz 1975 Genetic studies in the Markham Valley, Northeastern Papua New Guinea: gamma globulin (Gm and Inv), group specific component (Gc) and ceruloplasmin (Cp) typing. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 42: 1-8.

Giles, E. 1976 Cranial variation in Australia and neighboring areas. In: R.L. Kirk and A.G. Thorne, eds., The Origins of the Australians. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra. Pp. 161-172.

Giles, E. 1979 Anthropological genetics and prehistory in Melanesia: is there a contribution? Archaeology and Physical Anthropology in Oceania, 14: 72-77. (Also reprinted in: Elkin, A.P., ed., 1979 Collected Papers In Memoriam--N.W.G. Macintosh. Oceania Monographs No. 22, University of Sydney. Pp. 222-227.)

Snow, C.C., S. Hartman, E. Giles and F.A. Young 1979 Sex and race determination of crania by calipers and computer: a test of the Giles and Elliot discriminant functions in 52 forensic science cases. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 24: 448-460.

Giles, E. 1979 Howells, William W. In: D.L. Sills, ed., International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, Biographical Supplement (vol. 18). Free Press/Macmillan, New York. Pp. 328-330.

Froehlich, J.W. and E. Giles 1981 A multivariate approach to fingerprint variation in Papua New Guinea: implications for prehistory. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 54: 73-91.

Froehlich, J.W. and E. Giles 1981 A multivariate approach to fingerprint variation in Papua New Guinea: perspectives on the evolutionary stability of dermatoglyphic markers. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 54: 93-106.

McCullough, J.M., E. Giles and R.A. Thompson 1985 Evidence for assortative mating and selection in surnames: a case from Yucatan, Mexico. Human Biology, 57: 375-386.

Giles, E. and S.H. Ambrose 1986 Are we all out of Africa? Nature, 322: 21-22.

Giles, E. and L.L. Klepinger 1988 Confidence intervals for estimates based on linear regression in forensic anthropology. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 33: 1218-1222.

Giles, E. 1991 Hooton, E.A. (Earnest Albert). In: Winters, C., ed., International Dictionary of Anthropologists, Garland, New York, pp. 303-304.

Giles, E. 1991 Howells, W.W. (William White). Ibid, pp. 308-309.

Giles, E. 1991 Corrections for age in estimating older adults' stature from long bones. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 36: 898-901.

Giles, E. and D.L. Hutchinson 1991 Stature- and age-related bias in self-reported stature. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 36: 765- 780.

Giles, E. and P.H. Vallandigham 1991 Height estimation from foot and shoeprint length. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 36: 1134-1151.

Giles, E. 1993 Modifying stature estimation from the femur and tibia. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 38: 758-760.

Garn, S.M. and E. Giles 1995 Earnest Albert Hooton, 1887-1954. Biographical Memoirs, 68: 1-15. The National Academy Press, Washington.

Giles, E. 1996 Frederick Seymour Hulse, 1906-1990. Biographical Memoirs, 70: 1-17. The National Academy Press, Washington.

Giles, E. 1997 Coon, Carleton Stevens (1904-1981) History of Physical Anthropology: An Encyclopedia, 1: 294-295. Garland Publishing, New York.

Giles, E. 1997 Hooton, Earnest Albert (1887-1954) History of Physical Anthropology: An Encyclopedia, 1: 499-501. Garland Publishing, New York.

Giles, E. 1997 "Young boys and girls are level now with men": are secular trends a problem in stature estimation? Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 3:158-159

Giles, E. 1998 "It Had Everything, Blood, Gore, Sex, Kinky Stuff": Chicago's Columbo/DeLuca Murder Case. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 4:185.

Klepinger, L. and E. Giles 1998 Clarification or confusion: statistical interpretation in forensic anthropology. IN: Reichs, K.J., ed., Forensic Osteology: Advances in the Identification of Human Remains, rev. ed., C.C. Thomas, Springfield, IL. Pp. 427-440.

Giles, E. 1999 Coon, Carleton Stevens. IN: Garraty, J.A. and M.C. Carnes, eds. American National Biography, vol. 5, pp. 429-431. Oxford University Press, New York.

Giles, E. 1999 Hooton, Earnest Albert. IN: Garraty, J.A. and M.C. Carnes eds. American National Biography, vol. 11, pp. 147-149. Oxford University Press, New York.

Giles, E. and L. Klepinger 1999 “The butcher who rendered his wife?” Chicago’s Luetgert case and the beginning of American forensic anthropology. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 5: 295.

Giles, E., C.C. Gordon and N. Bell Using anthropometric data to validate identification criteria. In preparation.

Giles, E., C.C. Gordon and N. Bell Race, gender and age variation in BMIs calculated from self-reported versus measured height and weight. In preparation.

Reviews:

Techniques for Measuring Body Composition. J. Brozek and A. Henschel, eds., National Academy of Sciences--National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1961. Reviewed in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 20: 407-408 (1962).

Body Composition. J. Brozek, ed. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 110: 1-1018, 1963. Reviewed in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 22: 201-203 (1964).

Symposium on "Methodology of Isolates" Organized by the Problem Commission of Neurogenetics of the World Federation of Neurology. D. Klein, ed. S. Karger AG, Basel, 1964. Reviewed in: Human Biology, 38: 77-78 (1966).

The Distribution of Genetic Markers in Australian Aborigines. R.L. Kirk. Occasional Papers in Aboriginal Studies No. 4, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1965. Reviewed in: Human Biology, 38: 162-163 (1966).

Multivariate Statistical Analysis for Biologists. H.L. Seal. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1964. Reviewed in: Human Biology, 38: 444- 445 (1966). (Reviewed jointly with M.H. Wolpoff.)

Advances in Blood Grouping II. A.S. Weiner. Grune & Stratton, New York, 1965. Reviewed in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 27: 102-103 (1967).

The Osteology of Aboriginal Man in Tasmania. N.W.G. Macintosh and B.C.W. Barker. The Craniology of the Aborigines of Coastal New South Wales. S.L. Larnach and N.W.G. Macintosh. Oceania Monographs Nos. 12 and 13, University of Sydney, 1965-66. Reviewed in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 28: 109 (1968).

Taiwan Aborigines: A Genetic Study of Tribal Variation. C.K. Chai. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. Reviewed in: American Anthropologist, 70:644 (1968).

A Comparative Osteological Study of the Ainu and the Australian Aborigines. B. Yamaguchi. Occasional Papers No. 10, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1967. Reviewed in: American Anthropologist, 71: 785-786 (1969).

Population Genetics. W.J. Ewens. Methuen, London, 1969. Reviewed in: Human Biology, 41: 571 (1969).

The Original Australians. A.A. Abbie. American Elsevier, New York, 1969. Reviewed in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 34: 307-308 (1971).

Population, Resources, Environment: Issues in Human Ecology. P.R. and A.H. Ehrlich. W.H. Freeman, San Francisco, 1970. Reviewed in: American Anthropologist, 73: 840-841 (1971).

The Roots of Mankind. J. Napier. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 1970. Animal Behaviour, 19: 618-619 (1971).

Human Biology in Oceania, vol. 1, no. 1. University of Sydney, 1971. Reviewed in: American Anthropologist, 74: 139-140 (1972).

Problems in Human Biology: A Study of Brazilian Populations. F.M. Salzano and N. Freire-Maia. Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1970. The Ongoing Evolution of Latin American Populations. F.M. Salzano, ed. C.C. Thomas, Springfield, Ill., 1971. Reviewed in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 37: 155-156 (1972).

Principles of Genetics, No. 30. Inbreeding and Heterosis. Produced by McGraw-Hill Text Films. Reviewed in: American Anthropologist, 80: 498-499 (1978).

Paleoantropologiya Zemnogo shara I Formirovaniye Chelovecheskikh Ras. Paleolit (Paleoanthropology of the Globe and the Formation of Human Races. Paleolithic). V.P. Alexeev (Alekseyev). Nauka, Moscow, 1978. Reviewed in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 68: 307-308 (1985). (Reviewed jointly with D.B. Shimkin.)

Skull Shapes and the Map. W. W. Howells. Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., vol. 79. Reviewed in: International Journal of Primatology, 12: 313-314 (1991).

Somatotyping--Development and applications. J.E. Lindsay Carter and Barbara Honeyman Heath. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990. Reviewed in: Human Biology, 63: 890-891(1991).

Miscellaneous*

Stirton, R.A. and E. Giles 1956 Speciation in the Pliocene Castoroid genus Eucastor. (Abstract) Resumenes de los trabajos presentados, XX Congreso Geologico Internacional, Mexico, p. 128.

Giles, E. 1966 (Solicited comment on W.W. Howells' paper "Population distances: biological, linguistic, geographical, and environmental") Current Anthropology, 7: 538.

Giles, E. 1968 The VIIIth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Tokyo and Kyoto, September 1968: physical anthropology. (Report) Journal of the Polynesian Society, 77: 431- 432.

Giles, E., H.L. Movius, Jr., H.L. Shapiro, G.R. Holcomb and M. Crichton 1976 The measure of a man: William White Howells. (Appreciation) In: E. Giles and J.S. Friedlaender, eds., The Measures of Man: Methodologies in Human Biology. Peabody Museum Press, Cambridge, Mass. Pp. xii-xxviii.

Giles, E. 1979 Neil William George Macintosh, 1906-1977. (Obituary) American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 50: 151-152.

Giles, E. 1979 The missing finger: a case report involving forensic anthropology. 31st Annual Meeting, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Atlanta. Abstracts, p. 124.

Giles, E. 1981 (Foreword for the "Jubilee Issue") American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 56: 327.

Giles, E. 1985 Lewis also noteworthy as "visible anthropologist". (Letter) Anthropology Newsletter, September, p. 2.

Giles, E. and P.H. Vallandigham 1987 Error estimates in calculating stature from foot and shoe lengths. 11th Meeting of the International Association of Forensic Sciences (Abstracts). In: Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal, 20: 172.

Giles, E., C. C. Gordon, and N. Bell. 1992 Race, gender and age variation in BMI2's calculated from self-reported versus measured height and weight. (Abstract). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Suppl. 14, p. 81.

Giles, E. 1992 The feminization of anthropology. (Letter) Anthropology Newsletter, December, p. 3.

Giles, E. and T.J. Riley 1993 John C. McGregor. (Obituary) Anthropology Newsletter, January, p. 4.

Giles, E., C. C. Gordon, and N. Bell. 1993 Using anthropometric data to validate identification criteria: the example of racial differences in limb proportions and stature. 45th Annual Meeting, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Boston. Abstracts, p. 152.

Giles, E. 1994 "If I am half blind, must I take for my guide one that can't see at all?": the Bayesian perspective in forensic anthropology. 46th Annual Meeting, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, San Antonio. Abstracts, p. 172.

Giles, E. 1998 Earnest Albert Hooton and "Plain Statements" About Race. In a Symposium "150 Years of Racial Thinking in American Science," 150th Anniversary Meeting, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Philadelphia. Abstracts, p. A70.

*Abstracts reflecting work subsequently published in full are not included.