Writings

Books, scientific articles, book chapters, and commentaries are listed below.

 

Books

2012  Hofman, M. A. and D. Falk (eds).  Evolution of the Primate Brain: From Neuron to Behavior.  Elsevier.

2011  Falk, D., The Fossil Chronicles: How Two Controversial Discoveries Changed Our View of Human Evolution. University of California Press.

2011  Falk, D., Lingua madre: Cure Materne e origini del linguaggio (translated by Paolo A. Dossena), Italian edition of Finding Our Tongues.  Bollati Boringhieri.

2010  Falk, D., Wie die Menschheit zur Sprache fand: Mütter, Kinder und der Ursprung des Sprechens (translated by Susanne Kuhlmann-war), German edition of Finding Our Tongues.  Deutsche  Verlags-anstalt (Random House).

2009  Falk, D., Finding Our Tongues: Mothers, Infants & the Origins of Language.  Perseus/Basic Books.

2004  Falk, D.  Braindance Revised and Expanded.  University Press of Florida.

2003  Keenan, J., with Gallup, G. and D. Falk.  The Face in the Mirror: The Search for the Origins of Consciousness, Ecco (Harper Collins).

2001  Falk, D. and K. Gibson (eds) Evolutionary Anatomy of the Primate Cerebral Cortex. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.

2000  Falk, D.  Primate Diversity. New York: Norton.

1996  Warum Schimpansen nicht steppen konnen (Why Chimpanzees Can’t Tap Dance) (paper translation of Braindance). Leipzig: Insel Verlag.

1994  German edition of Braindance. Basel: Birkhauser Verlag.

1994  Owl Book edition of Braindance (paper).

1992  Falk, D.  Braindance: New Discoveries About Human Origins and Brain Evolution. New York: Henry Holt.

1982  Armstrong, E. and D. Falk (Eds.).  Primate Brain Evolution: Methods and Concepts. New York: Plenum Publishing Company.

1978  Falk, D.  External Neuroanatomy of Old World Monkeys (Cercopithecoidea).  Contributions to Primatology 15:1-95.

 

Scientific Articles

2012 Falk, D., Zollikofer, C., Morimoto, N. & M. Ponce de León. A metopic suture on the Taung (Australopithecus africanus) endocast and its implications for hominin brain evolution, PNAS, in press.

2012 Falk, D. & R. Clarke. Reconstruction of the Taung endocast: A reply to Holloway and Broadfield, Amer. J. Phys. Anthropol, in press.

2012 Bienvenu, T., Falk, D., Semendeferi, K., Guy, G., Zollikofer, C., Ponce de Leon, M., Tafforeau, P., Mackaye, H. T., Likius, A., Vignaud, P., Brunet, M. The brain of the earliest known hominid, submitted.

2010  Falk, D., Hildebolt, C., Smith, K., Brown, P., Jungers, W. L., Larson, S., Sutikna, T., Prior, F.  Nonpathological asymmetry in LB1 (Homo floresiensis): a reply to Eckhardt and Henneberg.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 143:340-342.

2009  Falk, D.  The natural endocast of Taung (Australopithecus africanus): Insights from the unpublished papers of Raymond Arthur Dart, Yrbk. Phys. Anthropol. Series 52:49-65.

2009  Falk, D.  New information about Albert Einstein’s brain, Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience, doi:10.3889/neuro.18.003.2009

2009  Falk, D., Hildebolt, C., Smith, K., Jungers, W. L., Larson, S. G., Morwood, M.J., Sutikna, T., Jatmiko, Saptomo, E.W., Prior, F.  The type specimen (LB1) of Homo floresiensis did not have Laron Syndrome, Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 140:52-63.

2009  Falk, D., Hildebolt, C., Smith, K., Morwood, M.J., Sutikna, T., Jatmiko, Saptomo, E.W. & Prior, F.  LB1’s virtual endocast, microcephaly, and hominin brain evolution.  J. Hum. Evol. 57:597-607.

2009  Falk, D.  Evolution of language.  In M. Ruse & J. Travis (Eds), Evolution: The First Four Billion Years,Cambridge:HarvardUniversity Press, p. 562-566.

2009  Falk, D.  Hobbit.  In M. Ruse & J. Travis (Eds), Evolution: The First Four Billion Years,Cambridge:HarvardUniversity Press, p. 634-636.

2007  Falk, D. & R. Clarke.  New reconstruction of the Taung endocast: A brief communication.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology 134:529-534.

2007  Falk, D., Hildebolt,C., Smith, K., Morwood, M.J., Sutikna, T., Jatmiko, Saptomo, W.E., Imhof, H., Seidler, H. &  F. Prior.  Brain shape in human microcephalics and Homo floresiensis. PNAS 104:2513-2518.

2006  Falk, D., Hildebolt, C., Smith, K., Morwood, M.J., Sutikna, T., Jatmiko, Saptomo W. E., Brunsden, B. & F. Prior.  Response to Martin et al.’s Comment: “The Brain of LB1, Homo floresiensis.” Science 312: 999c.

2006  Wu X., Schepartz, L. A., FalkD., and W. Liu.  Endocranial cast of Hexian Homo erectus from South China, Amer. J. Phys. Anthropol., 130:445-454.

2005  Falk, D., Hildebolt, C., Smith, K., Morwood, M.J., Sutikna, T., Jatmiko, Saptomo W. E., Brunsden, B. & F. Prior.  Response to Weber et al.’s Comment: “The Brain of LB1, Homo floresiensis,” Science 310:236c.

2005  Falk, D., Hildebolt, C., Smith, K., Morwood, M.J., Sutikna, T., Brown, P., Jatmiko, Saptomo W. E., Brunsden, B. & F. Prior. The brain of LB1, Homo floresiensis.  Science Express, March 3, 2005; Science 308:242-245.

2004  Falk, D.  Hominin brain evolution: New century, new directions. Collegium Antropologicum, 28 Suppl. 2:59-65.

2004  Macchiarelli, R.,  Bondioli, L., Falk, D., Faupl, P., Illerhaus, B., Kullmer, O., Richter, W., Said, H., Sandrock, O., Schafer, K., Urbanek, Ch., Viola, B. T., Weber, G. W. & H. Seidler.  Early Pliocene hominid tooth from Galili, Somali Region, Ethiopia.  Collegium Antropologicum, 28 Suppl. 2:65-76.

2004  Falk, D.  Prelinguistic evolution in early hominins: Whence motherese? (target article with commentaries) Behavioral and Brain Sciences 27:491-534.

2000  Falk, D., Redmond, J. C., Jr., Guyer, J., Conroy, G. C., Recheis, W., Weber, G. W. and H. Seidler.  Early hominid brain evolution: A new look at old endocasts, J. Hum. Evol. 38:695-717.

2000  Conroy, G. C., Falk, D., Guyer, J., Weber, G. W., Seidler, H. and W. Recheis. Endocranial capacity in Sts 71 (Australopithecus africanus) by three-dimensional computed tomography.  Anat. Rec. 258:391-396.

1999  White, D. and D. Falk.  A quantitative and qualitative reanalysis of the endocranial evidence from the juvenile Australopithecus boisei specimen L338y-6 from Omo, Ethiopia.  Amer. J. Phys. Anthropol. 110:399-406.

1999  Falk, D., Froese, N., Sade, D. and B. Dudek.  Sex differences in brain/body relationships of rhesus monkeys and humans, J. Hum. Evol. 36:233-238.

1998  Falk, D. and T. Gage.  Radiators are cool.  J. Hum. Evol. 35:307-312.

1997  Falk, D. and T. Gage. Flushingthe radiator? A reply toBragaand Boesch, J. Hum. Evol. 33:495-502.

1997  Seidler, H., Falk, D., Stringer, C., Wilfing, H., Muller, G., zur Nedden, D., Weber, G., Recheis, W., and J. L. Arsuaga.  A comparative study of stereolithographically modelled skulls of Petralona and Broken Hill: Implications for future studies of middle Pleistocene hominid evolution, J. Hum. Evol. 33:691-703.

1996  Falk, D., Hildebolt, C. and M. Vannier.  Brain expansion and rotation during hominid evolution. Hum. Evol. 11:27-33.

1995  Falk, D., Gage, T., Dudek, B. and T. Olson.  Did more than one species of hominid coexist before 3.0 Myr?: Evidence from blood and teeth.  J. Hum. Evol. 29:591-600.

1994  Falk, D.  Reply to Diamond.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.95:359-362.

1994  Falk, D., Hildebolt, C. and M. Vannier.  Relationship of squamosal suture to asterion on external skull surfaces versus endocasts of pongids: Implications for Hadar Early Hominid AL 162-28. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 93:435-439.

1993  Falk, D.  Meningeal arterial patterns in great apes: Implications for hominid vascular evolution. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 92:81-97.

1992  Falk, D.  Evolution of the Brain and Cognition in Hominids.  The sixty-second James Arthur Lecture. New York: TheAmericanMuseum of Natural History.

1992  Falk, D. and E. Baker.  Earliest Homo debate.  Nature 358:289-290.

1992  Falk, D. and P. Nicholls.  Meningeal arteries in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta): Implications for vascular evolution in anthropoids.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 89:299-308.

1992  Helmkamp, R. C. and D. Falk  Reply to Baskerville.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 87:498.

1991  Falk, D., C. Hildebolt, J. Cheverud, L. Kohn, G. Figiel and M. Vannier.  Human cortical asymmetries determined with 3D MR technology.  J. Neurosci. Meths. 39:185-191.

1991  Falk, D.  Reply to Dr. Holloway: Shifting positions on the lunate sulcus.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol., 84:89-91.

1991  Masters, A., Falk, D. and T. Gage.  Effects of age and gender on the location and orientation of the foramen magnum in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 86:75-80.

1991  Vannier, M. W., Brunsden, B., Hildebolt, C. F., Falk, D., et al.  Brain surface cortical sulcal lengths: Quantification with 3-dimensional MR imaging. Radiology 180:479-484.

1991  Vannier, M. W., Brunsden, B., Hildebolt, C. F., Falk, D., et al.   Fast sequences add depth to 3-D images.  Diagnostic Imaging 5:133-139.

1990  Falk, D.  Evolution of a venous “radiator” for cooling the cortex: “prime releaser” of brain evolution in Homo (response to open peer commentary).  Behav. Brain Sci. 13:368-381.

1990  Falk, D.  Brain evolution in Homo: the “radiator” theory (target article).  Behav. Brain Sci. 13:333-344.

1990  Falk, D., C. Hildebolt, J. Cheverud, M. Vannier, C. Helmkamp, and L. Konigsberg.  Cortical asymmetries in frontal lobes of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Brain Research 512:40-45.

1990  Cheverud, J., D. Falk, M. Vannier, L. Konigsberg, C. Helmkamp, and C. Hildebolt.  Heritability of brain size and surface features in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).  J. Heredity 81:51-57.

1990  Cheverud, J., D. Falk, C. Hildebolt, A. Moore, R.C. Helmkamp, and M. Vannier.  Heritability and association of cortical petalias in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).  Brain, Behav. Evol. 35:368-372.

1990  Helmkamp, R. C., and D. Falk.  Age and sex associated variations in the directional asymmetry of rhesus macaque forelimb bones.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 83:211-218.

1990  Konigsberg, L. W., Falk, D., Hildebolt, C., Cheverud, J., Helmkamp, R. C. & M. W. Vannier,  External brain morphology in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).  J. Hum. Evol. 19:269-284.

1989  Falk, D.  Ape-like endocast of “ape-man” Taung. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol., 80:335-339.

1989  Falk, D., C. Hildebolt, and M. Vannier.  Reassessment of the Taung early hominid from a neurological perspective. J. Hum. Evol. 18:485-492.

1989  Falk, D., L. Konigsberg, C. Helmkamp, J. Cheverud, M. Vannier, and C. Hildebolt.  Endocranial suture closure in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 80:417-428.

1988  Falk, D., L. Pyne, C. Helmkamp, and C. J. DeRousseau.  Directional asymmetry in forelimb of Macaca mulatta.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 77:1-6.

1988  Tobias, P. V. and D. Falk.  Evidence for a dual pattern of cranial venous sinuses on the endocranial cast of Taung (Australopithecus africanus). Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 76:309-312.

1987  Falk, D.  Brain lateralization in primates.  Yrbk. Phys. Anthropol. 30:107-125.

1987  Falk, D.  Hominid paleoneurology.  Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 16:13-30.  (Reprinted in R. Ciochon and J. Fleagle (Eds.): The Human Evolution Source Book.New York: Prentice-Hall.)

1986  Falk, D.  Evolution of cranial blood drainage in hominids: enlarged occipital/marginal sinuses and emissary foramina. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 70:311-324.

1986  Falk, D.  Falk replies to Holloway and Kimbel (Endocast morphology of Hadar hominid AL162-28).  Nature 321:536-537.

1986  Falk, D., J. Cheverud, M. Vannier, and G. Conroy.  Advanced computer graphics technology reveals cortical asymmetry in endocasts of rhesus monkeys.  Fol. Primatol. 46:98-103.

1985  Falk, D.  Apples, oranges and the lunate sulcus.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 67:313-315.

1985  Falk, D.  Hadar AL 162-28 endocast as evidence that brain enlargement preceded cortical reorganization in hominid evolution.  Nature 313:45-47.

1985  Vannier, M. W., G. C. Conroy, J. Krieg, and D. Falk.  Three dimensional imaging for primate biology.  Proc. Nat. Computer Graphics Association, Dallas 3:156-160.

1983  Falk, D.  Cerebral cortices of East African early hominids. Science 221:1072-1074.

1983  Falk, D.  The Taung endocast: a reply to Holloway.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 60:479-489.

1983  Falk, D., and G. Conroy.  The cranial venous sinus system in early hominids: phylogenetic and functional implications for Australopithecus afarensis.  Nature 306:779-781.

1983  Falk, D. and S. Kasinga.  Cranial capacity of female robust australopithecine (KNM-ER 407) from the Koobi Fora region, Kenya.  J. Hum. Evol. 12:515-518.

1983  Walker, A, D. Falk, R. Smith, and M. Pickford.  The skull of Proconsul africanus: reconstruction and cranial capacity.  Nature 305:525-527.

1982  Falk, D. and R. Corruccini.  Efficacy of cranial vs. dental measurements for sorting human populations.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 57:123-127.

1981  Falk, D.  Sulcal patterns of fossil Theropithecus baboons: phylogenetic and functional implications.  Int. J. Primatol. 2:57-69.

1980  Falk, D.  A reanalysis of the South African australopithecine natural endocasts.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 53:525-539.

1980  Falk, D.  Hominid brain evolution: the approach from paleoneurology.  Yrbk. Phys. Anthropol. 23:93-107.

1980  Falk, D.  Language, handedness and primate brains: did the australopithecines sign?  Am. Anthropol. 82:72-78.

1979  Falk, D.  Cladistic analysis of New Worldmonkey sulcal patterns: implications for primate brain evolution.  J. Hum. Evol. 8:637-645.

1979  Falk, D.  On a new australopithecine partial endocast.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 50:611-614. Sterkfontein fossil site,South Africa.

1978  Falk, D.  Brain evolution in Old Worldmonkeys.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 48:315-320.

1978  Falk, D.  Cerebral asymmetry in Old Worldmonkeys.  Acta Anatomica 101:334-339.

1977  Reed, C. A. and D. Falk.  The stature and weight of Sterkfontein 14, a gracile australopithecine from Transvaal, as determined from the innominate bone.  Fieldiana: Geology 33:423-440.

1975  Falk, D.  Comparative anatomy of the larynx in man and the chimpanzee: implications for language in Neanderthal.  Amer. J. Phys. Anthropol. 43:123-132.

 

Book Chapters

2012  Falk, D.  Hominin paleoneurology: Where are we now?  In M. Hofman & D. Falk (Eds.), Primate Brain Evolution: From Neuron to Behavior, Progress in Brain Research,  Elsevier, Vol. 195:255-272. (Electronic reprint available upon request.)

2012  Falk, D.  Language, handedness and primate brains (1980 American Anthropologist article). Reprinted In G. W. Fitch & W. T. Fitch (Eds.), Language Evolution, Critical Concepts in Linguistics, in press.

2012  Falk, D.  Darwinon the evolution of “Man, the wonder and glory of the Universe,” accepted.

2011  Falk, D.  The role of mothers and infants in prelinguistic evolution.  In M. Tallerman & K. R. Gibson (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 318–324.

2011  Falk, D.  Hominin brain evolution, 1925-2007: An emerging overview.  In S. C. Reynolds & A. Gallagher (Eds), African Genesis: Perspectives On Hominid Evolution, Cambridge University Press, p. 145–162.

2010  Falk, D.  Evolution of the brain, cognition, and speech.  In C. Larsen (Ed.), A Companion to Biological Anthropology,Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, p. 258-271.

2009  Falk, D. Brain evolution: The radiator theory.  In L. R. Squire (Ed-in-Chief), Encyclopedia of Neuroscience,Oxford: Academic Press, 2:347-352.

2007  Falk, D., Hildebolt, C. G., Smith, K. E. & Prior, F.  LB1′s virtual endocast: Implications for hominin brain evolution.  In Proceedings from the International Seminar on Southeast Asia Paleoanthropology, Yogyakarta, Java; July 23-29:37-46.

2007  Hildebolt, C. F., Smith, K. E., Falk, D., Whiting, B. R., Tincher, C. M. & Prior, F.  Protocols and applicatons of CT to the study of fossil hominins.  In Proceedings from the International Seminar on Southeast Asia Paleoanthropology,Yogyakarta, Java; July 23-29:169-181.

2007  Falk, D. Evolution of the primate brain.  In W. Henke & I.Tattersall (Eds), Handbook of Palaeoanthropology Vol. 2: Primate Evolution and Human Origins, Springer-Verlag, 1133-1162. Translated into Belorussian, April, 2011: http://blog.1800flowers.com/international/evolution-of-the-primate-brain-be/; Translated into German: http://www.leiste.de/science/evolution

2007  Falk, D.  Constraints on brain size: the radiator hypothesis.  In J. H. Kaas (Ed), The Evolution of Nervous Systems, Academic Press,Oxford, pages 347-354.

2006  Falk, D. & N. Seguchi.  Professor C. Loring Brace: Bringing Physical Anthropology (“Kicking and Screaming”) Into the 21^st Century.  In D. Brereton (Ed), Retrospectives on Eight Michigan Anthropologists, Michigan Discussions in Anthropology, Vol 16:175-211, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

2005  Falk, D. L’Australopitheque gracile etait-il musicien?  In B. Cyrulnik (Ed), Homo sapiens L’odyssée de l’espèce, Tallandier, pages 197-203 (reprinted from La Recherche, Novembre).

2001  Falk, D.  The evolution of sex differences in primate brains.  In D. Falk & Kathleen Gibson (Eds), Evolutionary Anatomy of the Primate Cerebral Cortex, Cambridge University of Press, pages 98-111.

2001  Schafer, K., Seidler, H., Bookstein, F. L., Prossinger, H., Falk, D. & Conroy, G.  Exo- and endocranial morphometrics in mid-Pleistocene and modern humans.  In D. Falk and K. Gibson (Eds), Evolutionary Anatomy of the Primate Cerebral Cortex, Cambridge University Press, pages 290-304.

2000  Falk, D.  Hominid brain evolution and the origins of music.  In N. L. Wallin, B. Merker, S. Brown  (Eds),         The Origins of Music. Cambridge,MA: MIT Press, pages 197-216.

1997  Falk, D.  Brain evolution in females: An answer to Mr. Lovejoy.  In L. Hager (Ed), Women in Human Evolution, London, Routledge, pages 114-136.

1995  Falk, D.  Brain evolution in dolphins, humans and other mammals: Implications for ETI.  In G. S. Shostak (Ed), Progress in the Search for Extraterrestrial Life: 1993 Bioastronomy Symposium,San Francisco, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 74:52-62.

1993  Falk, D.  Gender differences in visuospatial skills: Implications for hominid evolution.  In K. Gibson and T. Ingold (Eds), Tools, Language and Cognition in Human Evolution, Cambridge University Press, pages 216-229.

1991  Falk, D.  Breech birth of the genus Homo: Why bipedalism preceded the increase in brain size.  Origine(s) de la bipedie chez les hominides (Cahiers de Paleoanthropologie), Editions du CNRS, Paris, pages 259-266.

1991  Falk, D.  Implications of the evolution of writing for the origin of language: Can a paleoneurologist find happiness in the Neolithic? In J. Wind et al. (eds): Language Origins: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pages 245-251.

1991  Falk, D.  3.5 million years of hominid brain evolution.  In W. Calvin and K. Graubard (eds): Evolution of Nervous Systems.  Seminars in the Neurosciences 3:409-416.

1988  Falk, D. Enlarged occipital/marginal sinuses and emissary foramina: their significance in hominid evolution.  In F. Grine (Ed.): The Evolutionary History of the Robust Australopithecines.Chicago: Aldine, pp.85-96.

1986  Falk, D.  Primate endocasts and their significance for primate  evolution.  In D. Swindler (Ed.): Systematics, Evolution and Anatomy.New York:Alan Liss, pp. 477-490.

1982  Falk, D.  A reconsideration of the endocast of Proconsul africanus. In R. L. Ciochon and R. Corruccini (Eds.): New Interpretations of Ape and Human Ancestry.New York: Plenum Publishing Company, pp. 239-248.

1982  Falk, D.  Mapping fossil endocasts. In E. Armstrong and D. Falk  (Eds.): Primate Brain Evolution: Methods and Concepts, New York: Plenum Publishing Company, pp. 217-226.

1982  Falk, D.  Primate neuroanatomy, 1930-1980: an evolutionary perspective.  In F. Spencer (Ed.): A History of American Physical Anthropology, 1930-1980. New York: Academic Press, pp. 75-103.

1981-1982  Falk, D.  Is sociobiology neophrenology? In A. Leeds and V. Dusek (Eds.): Philosophical Forum, an edited volume, 13:109-118.

1980  Falk, D.  Comparative study of the endocranial casts of New and Old World monkeys.  In R. L. Ciochon and B. Chiarelli (Eds.): Biology of the New World Monkeys and Continental Drift.  New York: Plenum Publishing Company, pp. 275-292.

 

Commentaries, Letters & Invited Pieces

2012  Falk, D.  Happiness: An evolutionary perspective.  In B. R. Johnston (Ed.), second Vital Topics Forum “On Happiness,” the American Anthropologist, 114(1):8–9.

2011  Falk, D.  Preface to The Human Condition by Robert G. Bednarik, Springer.

2007  Falk, D. Evolution of the primate brain. In W. Henke & I.Tattersall (Eds), Handbook of Palaeoanthropology Vol. 2: Primate Evolution and Human Origins, Springer-Verlag, 1133-1162. Translated into Belorussian, April, 2011: http://blog.1800flowers.com/international/evolution-of-the-primate-brain-be/; Translated into German: http://www.leiste.de/science/evolution

2007  Falk, D.  History of Neuroscience: The Evolution of Broca’s Area, IBRO History of Neuroscience.

2006  Falk, D.  Our mother tongue.   Invited New York Times Op-Ed contribution (May 14, 2006).

2006  Falk, D.  Remarks at presentation of Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award to C. Loring Brace.  Amer. J. Phys. Anthropol. 131:580-581.

2004  Falk, D. Prelinguistic evolution in hominin mothers and babies: For cryin’ out loud!  Commentary on target article by Soltis: The signal functions of early infant crying, Behavioral and Brain Sciences 27:461-462.

2002  Falk, D.  Brain size evolution.  Encyclopedia of Evolution, Vol. 1, Oxford University Press: 120-123 (invited).

2000  Falk, D.  Careers in science offer women an unusual bonus: immortality.  Nature 407:833.

2000  Falk, D.  L’Australopitheque gracile etait-il musicien?  La Recherche, Novembre, 78-81.

2000  Falk, D.  Evolution des Gehirns.  In Katalog zur Ausstellung Am Anfang War Das Bild, United Exhibits Group,Koln, p. 20-21.

1999  Falk, D. and J. Redmond   Reply to M. D. Matheson.  Discover Magazine, September, p. 16.

1998  Falk, D.  Hominid brain evolution: Looks can be deceiving.  Science 280:1714; (Appeared in French in Le Figaro).

1998  Falk, D.  No Surprises? Response to T. White.  Science 281:45.

1995  Falk, D.  What I did last summer.  New England Archaeological News (Armidale,New South Wales) 4:3-4.

1995  Falk, D.  Commentary on “The expensive-tissue hypothesis” by L. Aiello and P. Wheeler.  Curr. Anth. 36:212.

1993  Falk, D.  A good brain is hard to cool.  Natural History, August, p. 65.

1993  Falk, D. and B. Dudek.  Mosaic evolution of the neocortex.  Invited commentary in Behav. Br. Sci., 16:701-702.

1992  Falk, D.  Women in science: letter to the editor, Science 256:1612.

1992  Falk, D.  Letter to the editor, American Scientist, January-February 1992:5-6.

1992  Falk, D.  Women are bipeds, too.  Newsweek Magazine, September 21.

1991  Falk, D.  Author’s response to Continuing Commentary on Brain evolution in Homo: The “radiator” theory.  More on the radiator.  Behav. Br. Sci. 14:529-530.

1989  Falk, D.  Primate tool use: But what about their brains?  Invited commentary in Behav. Br. Sci., 12:595-596.

1989  Falk, D. Comment on the archaelology of perception: traces of depiction and language, by I. Davidson and W. Noble, Curr. Anthropol. 30:141-142.

1988  Falk, D.  Allometry cannot be ignored in brain evolution studies.  Invited commentary in Behav. Br. Sci. 11:92-93.

1986  Falk, D.  Hominid evolution (letter).  Science 234:11.

1985  Falk, D.  Early man in Kenya: first signs of language.  Kenya Past and Present 17:24-25.

1985  Falk, D.  Le cerveau des hominides.  La Recherche, November, 1985: 1400 (also appears in Spanish).

1984  Falk, D.  The petrified brain.  Natural History, September issue: 36-39.

1984  Falk, D.  Implications of the parcellation theory for paleoneurology: invited commentary on evolution and ontogeny of neural circuits  by S. Ebbesson.  Behav. Brain Sci. 7:338.

1981  Falk, D. and  E. Armstrong.  Results of the Symposium on methods and concepts in primate brain evolution, Congress of the International Primatological Society.  Italy, 1980.  In B. Chiarelli and R. Corruccini (Eds.): Advanced Views in Primate Biology. Springer Verlag, pp. 206-211.

1980  Falk, D.  CA* comment on Sapienization and speech by G. Krantz.  Curr. Anthrop. 21:780.