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An interactive site for discussions and information on the biological and cultural aspects of human variation and adapatation.
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The Biological Anthropology Web Information on and discussions of topics related to broadly defined aspects of biological cultural human variation adaptation 1998-2005 Kevin M. Kelly Call For Papers The Society for Applied Anthropology invites papers for its 65th Annual Meeting (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,...Information on the study of microscopic wear on teeth and free image analysis software.
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Dental Microwear Department of Anthropology University of Arkansas Dental microwear is the study of the microscopic scratches and pits that form on a tooth's surface as the result of its use. Much of the dental microwear research that has been conducted thus far has focused on humans and...A tutorial on the bones of the skull from California State University, Chico.
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Dept of Anth: Skull Module Module was designed to demonstrate how World Wide Web technology and a graphical user interface could be used to assist in the development of classroom curriculum. This graphic is a mapped image file You may choose to click on the...Contact information and departmental overviews of a multidisciplinary organization in Leipzig, Germany.
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Max Planck Institut HOME Contact Imprint Home Institute Research Focus Staff Events Library Directions Positions available...A directory of data bases and links for the study of the measurement of the human body.
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Using dental discrete traits to measure biological distance between three groups in Gujarat, India.
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Biocultural Anthropology This web site was completed in 1998 as part of my undergraduate honor's paper at the University of Oregon. Dental Discrete Traits and Biocultural Anthropology In Gujarat, India Return Home Background on Caste The Garasias Odontometrics Discrete Traits Background on...Michael Hammer and Tatiana Karafet's project studying the population history of Siberia by means of the Y chromosome.
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Arctic Social Sciences Arctic Studies Center Did they journey inexorably eastward across the Russian plains, or venture north out of China? From where and by what routes did they traverse the great land area of Siberia? When did the first humans cross the Bering Strait from...Michael Pietrusewsky and Michele Toomay Douglas write about the burials of the Neolithic and Bronze Age site of Ban Chiang, Thailand.
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Skeletons Beneath A Village Throughout my scholarly career, I have been intrigued with the demography and genetic relationships of ancient peoples of the Western Pacific. In 1969, not long after receiving my Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, I arrived at the University of...A position paper on the current understanding of the structure of human variation from a biological perspective presented by the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
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AAPA Statement on Biological Aspects of Race As scientists who study human evolution and variation, we believe that we have an obligation to share with other scientists and the general public our current understanding of the structure of human variation from a biological perspective. Popular conceptualizations of...A annotated guide to Internet resources from the University of Delaware.
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Internet Resources for Physical Anthropology A search engine that queries a database of over 40,000 reviewed web sites with anthropological content built by the interests of its users. Anthropology Resources on the Internet Maintained by the American Anthropological Association. Anthropology Resources on the Internet Maintained...Collection of full text articles and links.
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Race One of the most astonishing features of the contemporary discussion of race is the fact that anthropology, the science that deals with human biological and cultural variation, has managed to be marginalized.(1) Regardless of reason, it is clear that there...An essay debunking the idea that race is a biological concept.
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Genetically Speaking, Race Doesn't Exist In Humans While that may sound like the idealistic decree of a minister or rabbi, it's actually the conclusion of an evolutionary and population biologist at Washington University in St. Louis. Alan R. Templeton, Ph.D professor of biology in Arts and Sciences...Description of graduate and undergraduate programs, faculty listing, research areas, and facilities overview.
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Biological_Anthropology_At_Temple Graduate Program Human Biology Track Undergraduate Major in Anthropology Faculty Laboratory Facilities Graduate Students Department of Anthropology Site designed by Milton Machuca Site maintained by Patricia Hansell...Report in the journal Nature describes biochemical evidence of cannibalism at a prehistoric Puebloan site in southwestern Colorado.
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Access to articles Nature Most users gain access to full text articles through a site license. This is available to institutional customers only. For further information visit the Librarian Gateway. Full-text articles are also available through a number of other options: I want to...Graduate program focusing on evolutionary theory, primate behavior, hominid evolution, and evolutionary psychology and ecology. Features faculty interests and current research.
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Biological Anthropology UCLA Human beings are the products of millions of years of evolution by natural selection. Sometime in the last 5 million years, natural selection created a creature with a very large brain that walked upright, was adept at making and using...A population genetic study with goal of identifying ethnic groups that contributed to the Caribbean population. Features research background, photos and information on methodology.
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Caribbean African Ancestry Project This page has been accessed 5766 times Project Abstract To examine the African ancestry of modern Anglophone Caribbean populations, DNA samples were collected from people who self-identify as Afro-Caribbean and are evaluated at 7 autosomal, 21Y chromosome, and mtDNA HVI...Features information on research program and purchase details of a CD rom of data representations in 3D of fossil hominids.
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Virtual Anthropology Vienna Processing of object structures Additional data Virtual and real representations More detailed information: Components A short introduction to Virtual Anthropology Last modified: March 15 2005 11:18:17. 2003...