Mark Shriver

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Anthropology

Research Summary

Addresses questions related to recent human evolution -- in particular the evolution that took place during and after the spread of anatomically modern humans across the globe. Some of the phenotypes he focuses on include skin pigmentation and voice pitch.

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Recent Publications

Quantitative analysis of facial shape in children to support respirator design

Nemeth, C., Hoskens, H., Wilson, G., Jones, M., DiPietrantonio, J., Salami, B., Harnish, D., Claes, P., Weinberg, S. M., Shriver, M. D. & Hallgrímsson, B., Jan 2025, In: Applied Ergonomics. 122, 104375.

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A Functional Linear Regression for High-Resolution 3D Faces

Kang, H., Reimherr, M. L., Shriver, M. & Claes, P., Dec 2024, In: Stat. 13, 4, e70022.

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The Trotter collection: A review of Mildred Trotter's hair research and an update for studies of human variation

Koch, S. L., Zaidi, A., González, T., Shriver, M. D. & Jablonski, N. G., Jul 2024, In: American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 184, 3, e24930.

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Syndrome-informed phenotyping identifies a polygenic background for achondroplasia-like facial variation in the general population

Vanneste, M., Hoskens, H., Goovaerts, S., Matthews, H., Devine, J., Aponte, J. D., Cole, J., Shriver, M., Marazita, M. L., Weinberg, S. M., Walsh, S., Richmond, S., Klein, O. D., Spritz, R. A., Peeters, H., Hallgrímsson, B. & Claes, P., Dec 2024, In: Nature communications. 15, 1, 10458.

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Mapping genes for human face shape: Exploration of univariate phenotyping strategies

Yuan, M., Goovaerts, S., Vanneste, M., Matthews, H., Hoskens, H., Richmond, S., Klein, O. D., Spritz, R. A., Hallgrimsson, B., Walsh, S., Shriver, M. D., Shaffer, J. R., Weinberg, S. M., Peeters, H. & Claes, P., Dec 2024, In: PLoS computational biology. 20, 12, e1012617.

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The Legacy of Infectious Disease Exposure on the Genomic Diversity of Indigenous Southern Mexicans

Garcia, O. A., Arslanian, K., Whorf, D., Thariath, S., Shriver, M., Li, J. Z. & Bigham, A. W., Mar 1 2023, In: Genome biology and evolution. 15, 3, evad015.

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Joint multi-ancestry and admixed GWAS reveals the complex genetics behind human cranial vault shape

Goovaerts, S., Hoskens, H., Eller, R. J., Herrick, N., Musolf, A. M., Justice, C. M., Yuan, M., Naqvi, S., Lee, M. K., Vandermeulen, D., Szabo-Rogers, H. L., Romitti, P. A., Boyadjiev, S. A., Marazita, M. L., Shaffer, J. R., Shriver, M. D., Wysocka, J., Walsh, S., Weinberg, S. M. & Claes, P., Dec 2023, In: Nature communications. 14, 1, 7436.

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Human scalp hair as a thermoregulatory adaptation

Lasisi, T., Smallcombe, J. W., Larry Kenney, W., Shriver, M. D., Zydney, B., Jablonski, N. G. & Havenith, G., 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 24, e2301760120.

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netMUG: a novel network-guided multi-view clustering workflow for dissecting genetic and facial heterogeneity

Li, Z., Melograna, F., Hoskens, H., Duroux, D., Marazita, M. L., Walsh, S., Weinberg, S. M., Shriver, M. D., Müller-Myhsok, B., Claes, P. & Van Steen, K., 2023, In: Frontiers in Genetics. 14, 1286800.

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Using data-driven phenotyping to investigate the impact of sex on 3D human facial surface morphology

Matthews, H. S., Mahdi, S., Penington, A. J., Marazita, M. L., Shaffer, J. R., Walsh, S., Shriver, M. D., Claes, P. & Weinberg, S. M., Aug 2023, In: Journal of Anatomy. 243, 2, p. 274-283 10 p.

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Exploring regional aspects of 3D facial variation within European individuals

Wilke, F., Herrick, N., Matthews, H., Hoskens, H., Singh, S., Shaffer, J. R., Weinberg, S. M., Shriver, M. D., Claes, P. & Walsh, S., Dec 2023, In: Scientific reports. 13, 1, 3708.

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Hybrid autoencoder with orthogonal latent space for robust population structure inference

Yuan, M., Hoskens, H., Goovaerts, S., Herrick, N., Shriver, M. D., Walsh, S. & Claes, P., Dec 2023, In: Scientific reports. 13, 1, 2612.

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Matching 3D Facial Shape to Demographic Properties by Geometric Metric Learning: A Part-Based Approach

Mahdi, S. S., Nauwelaers, N., Joris, P., Bouritsas, G., Gong, S., Walsh, S., Shriver, M. D., Bronstein, M. & Claes, P., Apr 1 2022, In: IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science. 4, 2, p. 163-172 10 p.

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Decoding the Human Face: Progress and Challenges in Understanding the Genetics of Craniofacial Morphology

Naqvi, S., Hoskens, H., Wilke, F., Weinberg, S. M., Shaffer, J. R., Walsh, S., Shriver, M. D., Wysocka, J. & Claes, P., Aug 31 2022, In: Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics. 23, p. 383-412 30 p.

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Effects of Male Facial Masculinity on Perceived Attractiveness

Ekrami, O., Claes, P., Shriver, M. D., Weinberg, S. M., Marazita, M. L., Walsh, S. & Van Dongen, S., Mar 2021, In: Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. 7, 1, p. 73-88 16 p.

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