Patrik Lindenfors

PhD Zoological Ecology

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Lindenfors P 2011 Samarbete (Cooperation) Fri Tanke: Stockholm.

Lindenfors P 2008 Gud finns nog inte (God probably doesn't exist) Fri Tanke: Stockholm.
Available in Swedish, Danish, Polish, and Dutch, and soon also in English and German.


   Scientific Articles

Lindenfors P, Jansson F & Sandberg M 2011 The cultural evolution of democracy: saltational changes in a political regime landscape. PLoS ONE 6: e28270. pdf

Lindenfors P & Tullberg BS 2011 Evolutionary aspects of aggression: the importance of sexual selection. Pages 7-22 in: Huber R, Bannasch DL & Brennan P (eds) Aggression: Advances in Genetics, Vol. 75. Burlington: Academic Press. pdf - book web-page.

Lindenfors P, Revell LJ & Nunn CL 2010 Sexual dimorphism in primate aerobic capacity: a phylogenetic test. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 1183-1194. pdf

Lind J & Lindenfors P 2010 The number of cultural traits is correlated with female group size but not with male group size in chimpanzee communities. PLoS ONE 5: e9241. pdf

Nunn CL, Lindenfors P, Pursall R & Rolff J 2009 On sexual dimorphism in immune function. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Series B: Biological Sciences 364: 61-69. pdf

Gustafsson A & Lindenfors P 2009 Latitudinal patterns in human stature and sexual stature dimorphism. Annals of Human Biology 36: 74-87. pdf

Lindenfors P, Nunn CL, & Barton RA 2007 Primate brain architecture and selection in relation to sex. BMC Biology 5: 20. pdf - press

Lindenfors P 2007 Studying students in Montessori schools. Science 315: 596. pdf (Lindenfors P 2007 Measuring Montessori school performance. (E-letter) Science 24 May. pdf)

Gustafsson A, Werdelin L, Tullberg BS & Lindenfors P 2007 Stature and sexual stature dimorphism in Sweden, from the 10th to the end of the 20th century. American Journal of Human Biology 19: 861-870. pdf

Lindenfors P, Gittleman JL & Jones KE 2007 Sexual size dimorphism in mammals. Pages 19-26 in: Fairbairn DJ, Blanckenhorn WU & Szekely T (eds) Sex, size and gender roles: evolutionary studies of sexual size dimorphism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.pdf - book web-page

Lindenfors P, Nunn CL, Jones KE, Cunningham A, Sechrest W & Gittleman JL 2007 Parasite species richness in carnivores: effects of host body mass, latitude, geographic range and population density. Global Ecology and Biogeography 16: 496-509. pdf

Altizer S, Nunn CL & Lindenfors P 2007 Do threatened hosts have fewer parasites? A comparative study in primates. Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 304-314. pdf - appendix - press

Lindenfors P 2006 A method for adjusting means and variances of comparative data for use in a phylogenetic analysis of variance. Evolutionary Ecology Research 8: 975-995. pdf

Lindenfors P & Tullberg BS 2006 Lowering sample size in comparative analyses can indicate a correlation where there is none: example from Rensch’s rule in primates.Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 1346-1351. pdf

Thorén S, Lindenfors P & Kappeler PM 2006 Phylogenetic analyses of dimorphism in primates: evidence for stronger selection on canine size than on body size. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 130: 50-59. pdf

Lindenfors P 2005 Neocortex evolution in primates: the 'social brain' is for females. Biology Letters 1: 407-410. pdf - press

Gustafsson A & Lindenfors P 2004 Human size evolution: no allometric relationship between male and female stature. Journal of Human Evolution 47: 253-266. pdf

Lindenfors P, Fröberg L & Nunn CL 2004. Females drive primate social evolution.- Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Ser: ies B: Biological Sciences 271: S101-S103. pdf - press

Lindenfors P, Székely T & Reynolds JD 2003 Directional changes in sexual size dimorphism in shorebirds, gulls and alcids. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16: 930-938.pdf

Lindenfors P, Dalén L & Angerbjörn A 2003 A monophyletic origin of delayed implantation and its implications. Evolution 57: 1952-1956. pdf

Lindenfors P, Tullberg B & Biuw M 2002 Phylogenetic analyses of sexual selection and sexual size dimorphism in pinnipeds. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 52: 188-193. pdf

Lindenfors P 2002 Sexually antagonistic selection on primate size. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15: 595-607. pdf - appendix

Lindenfors P & Tullberg BS 1998 Phylogenetic analyses of primate size evolution: the consequences of sexual selection. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 64: 413-447. pdf

Johnson P (bachelor name) & Johnstone R 1995 Productivity and nutrient dynamics of tropical seagrass communities in Puttalam Lagoon, Sri Lanka. Ambio 24 411-417. pdf

(Data and phylogenies for many of these studies are available here)


Lindenfors P & Sturmark C 2011 Sluta ljuga om julen. (Aktuella Frågor) Sydsvenska Dagbladet 13 December.

Lindenfors P 2011 Ingen vet Jesus födelsedag. (Sidan 4 Debatt) Expressen 30 November.

Lindenfors P 2011 Människans gåtfulla samarbete. SANS Magasin Nr 3.

Lindenfors P 2011 Frälsningsarmén värvar medlemmar bland samhällets mest utsatta. SVT Debatt 14 May.

Lindenfors P 2011 Religion är (tyvärr) ingen privatsak. Passagen 21 April.

Lindenfors P, Westerstrand M, Emretsson A, Edman P, Martinsson A & Karlsson L 2011 Forskare som idag förnekar klimathotet var tidigare tobakslobbyister. SVT Debatt 31st March.

Lindenfors P & Sturmark C 2011 Stäng de religiösa friskolorna. Newsmill 11th March.

Lindenfors P 2011 Klimatförvillarnas verksamhet är samhällsfarlig. Newsmill 13th January.

Lindenfors P & Sturmark C 2010 Julens historia en riktig pr-kupp. (Brännpunkt) Svenska Dagbladet 21st December.

Lindenfors P 2010 Jan Björklunds egna bristande kunskaper visar på faran med en partisk skola. Newsmill 8th December.

Sturmark C & Lindenfors P 2010 "Humanisterna tar striden mot främlingsfientligheten" (The Swedish Humanist Association takes a stand against xenophobia) Newsmill 22nd september.

Lindenfors P 2010 "Ett skyddshelgon för homosexuella?" (A patron saint for homosexuals?) Newsmill 19th september.

Lindenfors P 2010 "Eid al-Fitr åt alla!" (Eid-al-Fitr for everyone!) Newsmill 7th september.

Lindenfors P 2010 "Det är i människans natur att ha kultur". (Having culture is human nature) Tvärsnitt 2:10.

Lindenfors P 2010 "Claphaminstitutets lögner om evolutionsteorin". (The Clapham Institute's lies about evolution) Newsmill 24th februari.

Lindenfors P 2010 "Är Sverige på korståg i Afghanistan?" (Is Sweden on a crusade in Afghanistan?) Newsmill 10th February.

Lindenfors P 2010 "Glaciärerna smälter fortfarande" (The glaciers are still meting). Newsmill 25th January.

Lindenfors P 2010 "Kylan har stigit klimatskeptikerna åt huvudet" (The Cold-Spell has Gone to the Climate Sceptics' Heads). Newsmill 6th January.

Lindenfors P 2009 "Man kan inte välja och vraka bland naturens lagar" (Yoou can't just pick and choose among the laws of nature). Humanisten 4: 49-53.

Lindenfors P 2009 "Claphaminstitutet skriver sin egen historia" (The Clapham Institute write their own history). (Debatt) Världen Idag 12th October.

Sturmark C & Lindenfors P 2009 "Är inte verkligheten gemensam?" (Isn't reality common to all?) Newsmill 26th september.

Sturmark C & Lindenfors P 2009 "Dags för Svenska kyrkan att bli kristen" (The time has come for the Church of Sweden to turn Christian) Newsmill 19th september.

Lindenfors P 2009 "Gardell önskar sig en egen Gud" (Gardell makes up his own God) Humanisten 2.

Kvarnemo C, Lindenfors P, Ah-King M & Ahnesjö I 2009 Workshop review of: Gender perspectives on the development of sexual selection theory, Uppsala, October 2008. ISBE Newsletter 21: 11-13.

Lindenfors P 2009 "En ateist blir till" (An atheist is born). Sommarskribent hos Newsmill 5th August.

Lindenfors P 2009 "Jan Björklund ger dubbla budskap om religiösa friskolor" (The minsiter for education speaks double-speak about religious schools) Newsmill 15th june.

Lindenfors P 2009 Vadå "Gud finns NOG inte?" (What do you mean "God PROBABLY doesn't exist"? (Gästkrönika) Seglora smedja 15th June.

Lindenfors P 2009 "En kyrka för alla?" (A church for anyone?) (Aftonbladet debatt) Aftonbladet 21st May.

Sturmark C, Wohlner E, Gunnarson S, Blom A, Häggström O, Liljefors N, Grutzky E, Kornkall P & Lindenfors P 2009. "Barn har rätt till kroppslig integritet" (Children have a right to bodily integrity). (Brännpunkt) Svenska Dagbladet 12th May.

Edman P, Lindenfors P, Martinsson A, Svensson E & Westerstrand M 2009 "Kolkraften en svart fläck på Sveriges klimatsamvete" (Coal power is a black stain on Sweden's climate policies) Newsmill 21st March.

Lindenfors P 2009 "Släng ut mig!" (Toss me out) (Aftonbladet debatt) Aftonbladet 12th March

Lindenfors P 2009 "Darwins teorier är bekräftade" (Darwin's theories are confirmed) (Sidan 4 Debatt) Expressen 10th March.

Lindenfors P & Sturmark C 2009 "Evolutionsteorin mer bekräftad än någonsin" (The theory of Evolution is more supported by evidence than ever before) Newsmill 13th February.

Lindenfors P 2009 "Smaklöst av katolska skolan att försöka inta offerrollen" (Tasteless of the Catholic Church to pose as the victim). Newsmill 2nd February.

Orr TJ, Lindenfors P, Dalen L, Angerbjorn A & Garland T 2009 (Conference abstract) Delayed implantation in carnivores, causes and consequences and reproductive effort. Integrative and Comparative Biology 49: E127.

Lindenfors P 2008 "Ännu ett tomt gudsbevis" (Another Empty Proof of God's Existance). Newsmill 31st December.

Lindenfors P 2008 "Julen är en högtid för alla" (Christmas is everyone's holiday). (Debatt) Dala-Demokraten 24th December. (Debatt) Göteborgs-posten 22nd December. (Skriv i DN) Dagens Nyheter 20th December. (Opinion) Västerbottenskuriren 15th December. Newsmill 12th December (Debatt) Norran 8th December. (Same text in all papers)

Lindenfors P & Lind J 2008 "Naturens egna självmordsbombare" (Nature's own suicide bombers). Fauna & Flora 103:3: 8-13. pdf

Lindenfors P 2008 "Vad kan politiker om stamcellsforskning och nanoteknik?" (What do politicians know about stem cell research and nano technology?) Newsmill 26th October. pdf

Lindenfors P 2008 "Bön från en otrogen" (Prayer of an unbeliever). Newsmill 30 september. pdf

Lindenfors P 2008 "Är Charles Darwin kyrkans man?" (Is Charles Darwin the church's man?) Newsmill 25 september. pdf

Sturmark C & Lindenfors P 2008 "Alla inom Humanisterna är inte ateister" (All members of the Swedish Humanist Association are not atheists) (Synpunkt) Svenska Dagbladet 29 augusti. pdf.

Lindenfors P 2008 "Säg som det är om Waldorfpedagogiken" (Tell the truth about Waldorf) Humanisten 2: 39. pdf

Lindenfors P 2008 "Vad gör man egentligen på en Waldorfskola?" (What really goes on at a Waldorf school?) Humanisten 1: 18-20. pdf

Lindenfors P 2007 "Bland häxor och missionärer i Kenya" (Among witches and missionaries in Kenya) Humanisten 3: 37-38. pdf.

Lindenfors P & Grepe C 2007 "Pengarna styr - då får vi både biblar och porr" (Money rules - both bibles and porn stays) (Debatt) Gotlands Allehanda 12 maj. (Ordet Fritt) Östgötacorrespondenten 10 maj. (Debatt) Norra Skåne 9 maj. (Insändare) Värmlands Folkblad 8 maj. (Same text in all papers) Full text in Swedish - pdf.

Lindenfors P 2007 "Pengar ett skäl för både biblar och porr" (Money a reason for both bibles and porn) (Synpunkt) Svenska Dagbladet 7th of May. Full tex in Swedish - pdf.

Lindenfors P 2007 "Pengarna styr - det blev både biblar och porr!" (Money rules - both bibles and porn stays) (Skriv i DN) Dagens Nyheter 6th of May. Full text in Swedish.

Lindenfors P 2007 "Bibeln är kvinnofientlig" (The bible is hostile towards women) (Aftonbladet debatt) Aftonbladet 4th of May. Full text in Swedish - pdf.

Lindenfors P 2006 "Da Vinci-koden och bibeln - vilken bok har egentligen trovärdighetsproblem?" (The Da Vinci Code and the bible - what book has a credibility problem?) Humanisten 4: 36. pdf

Lindenfors P 2006 Papal fallibility, Time 23rd of October & A misunderstood pontiff? Newsweek 20th of November (Letter - same text in both magazines). Full text

Lindenfors P 2005 Rethinking violence (Comment). Anthropology Today 21: 21. pdf

Lindenfors P, Thoren S & Kappeler PM 2005 (Conference abstract) Phylogenetic analyses of canine size dimorphism in primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supp. 40: 138-139.

Lindenfors P 2002 "Den själviska genen - en evolutionär metafor" (The selfish gene - an evolutionary metaphor). Dagens Forskning 16: 26-27th of August. Full text in Swedish

Lindenfors P & Tullberg BS 2000 Book review: Why Sex Matters. A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior by Bobbi S. Low. Princeton University Press, 2000, 412 pp. Ecological Economics 36: 533-534. pdf

Lindenfors P 2000 "Skydda ekokossorna från ren humbug" (Save the cows in organic farms from pure humbug) (DN Debatt) Dagens Nyheter 27th of July. Full text in Swedish


   Software
Lindenfors P 1999 CoSta version 1.03 (performs the contingent states test) Distributed via the internet at http://www.zoologi.su.se/research/Lindenfors/CoSta.html

   Web Pages

http://www.zoologi.su.se/research/Lindenfors - Personal web-page
http://www.zoologi.su.se/research/dimorphism - Thesis web-page
http://www.zoologi.su.se/research/tullberg - Birgitta Tullberg's web-page
http://www.tullberg.org – Jan & Birgitta Tullberg’s web-page

   Press
Lind & Lindenfors 2010
  - Scientific American Blogs: Cultural Transmission in Chimpanzees, by Eric Michael Johnson.
  - Wired Science: Female Chimpanzees Drive the Culture, by Brandon Keim.
  - Primate diaries: Cultural Transmission in Chimpanzees, by Eric Michael Johnson.
  - NSD: Honorna bär upp kulturen, by Roland Johansson.
 
Lindenfors, Nunn & Barton 2007
  - BMC Biology: Male and female brain evolution is subject to contrasting selection pressures in primates, by Robin Dunbar.
  - New Scientist: Rivalry leaves its mark on primate brains, by Roxanne Khamsi.
  - Dagens Nyheter: Könsroller påverkar hjärnan, by Karin Bojs.
 
Lindenfors, Gittleman & Jones 2007
  - Evolution: Why are the sexes as they are? Many data, some patterns, and many unsolved mysteries, book review by Patricia Adair Gowaty.
  - Quarterly Review of Biology: Sex, size, and gender roles: evolutionary studies of sexual size dimorphism, book review by Lance D McBrayer.
  - Bioscience: Size matters, book review by Hanna Kokko.
   
Altizer, Nunn & Lindenfors 2007
  - Conservation Magazine: Parasites lost, by Robin Meadows.
 
Lindenfors 2005:

 

- New Scientist: Every primate's guide to schmoozing, by Mairi Macleod & Duncan Graham-Rowe

 

- Austrian Broadcasting Corporation: Das "soziale Hirn" ist Frauensache, by Robert Czepel
 
Lindenfors, Fröberg & Nunn 2004

 

- Natural History: Running the numbers, by Caitlin E. Cox.

 

- National Geographic's web-site: Females are dominant sex, primate study suggests, by James Owen.

 

- New Scientist: Fairer sex drove social evolution, by Robert Adler.
   
Lindenfors 2002 (PhD thesis)
  - Svenska Dagbladet: Stora hannar ger färre ungar, TT.