Tag: ancestry

  • Study: Let’s Replace ‘Ancestry’ in Forensics With Something More Accurate North Carolina State University News Raleigh, North Carolina 2021-07-14 Matt Shipman, Research Communications Lead A new study finds forensics researchers use terms related to ancestry and race in inconsistent ways, and calls for the discipline to adopt a new approach to better account for both…

  • Based on our findings we propose replacing the assumption of continental ancestry with a population structure approach that combines microevolutionary and cultural factors with historical events in the examination of population affinity.

  • The multiple dimensions of race Ethnic and Racial Studies Published online 2016-03-21 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2016.1140793 Wendy D. Roth, Associate Professor of Sociology University of British Columbia, Vancouver Increasing numbers of people in the United States and beyond experience ‘race’ not as a single, consistent identity but as a number of conflicting dimensions. This article distinguishes the…