Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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Tag: American Journal of Physical Anthropology
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African American populations in the U.S. formed primarily by mating between Africans and Europeans over the last 500 years. Jessica M. Gross, “Tests of fit of historically-informed models of African American Admixture,” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, (Volume 165), Issue 2, February 2018, 211. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23343.
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Our goal is to gain a better understanding of the admixture process by examining models that take into account (a) assortative mating by ancestry in the African American population, (b) continuous input from both Europeans and Africans, and (c) historically informed variation in the rate of African migration over time.
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AAPA Statement on Biological Aspects of Race American Journal of Physical Anthropology Volume 101, Issue 4, December 1996 pages 569–570 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1331010408 PREAMBLE 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…
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African ancestry of the population of Buenos Aires American Journal of Physical Anthropology Volume 128, Issue 1 pages 164–170, September 2005 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20083 Laura Fejerman Institute of Biological Anthropology University of Oxford Francisco R. Carnese Sección Antropología Biológica Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Universidad de Buenos Aires Alicia S. Goicoechea Sección…
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A quantitative method of morphological assessment of hybridization in the U. S. Negro-White male crania American Journal of Physical Anthropology Volume 41, Issue 2 (September 1974) pages 269–278 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330410209 Sudha S. Saksena Department of Sociology and Anthropology Muskingum College [Muskingum University], New Concord, Ohio Portions of this paper are based on a doctoral dissertation…
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Effects of interracial crosses on cephalometric measurements American Journal of Physical Anthropology Volume 69, Issue 4 (April 1986) pages 465–472 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330690405 C. S. Chung Department of Public Health Sciences University of Hawaii, Manoa D. W. Runck Department of Public Health Sciences University of Hawaii, Manoa S. E. Bilben Department of Public Health Sciences University…
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The Founder Effect and Deleterious Genes American Journal of Physical Anthropology Volume 30, Issue 1 (January 1969) pages 55-60 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330300107 Frank B. Livingstone (1928-2005), Professor Emeritus of Biological Anthropology University of Michigan During the rapid growth of a population from a few founders, a single deleterious gene in a founder can attain an appreciable…
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Race and global patterns of phenotypic variation American Journal of Physical Anthropology Volume 139, Issue 1 (May 2009) Special Issue: Race Reconciled: How Biological Anthropologists View Human Variation pages 16–22 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20900 John H. Relethford, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Anthropology State University of New York, Oneonta Phenotypic traits have been used for centuries for the…
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Biohistorical approaches to “race” in the United States: Biological distances among African Americans, European Americans, and their ancestors† American Journal of Physical Anthropology Special Issue: Race Reconciled: How Biological Anthropologists View Human Variation Volume 139, Issue 1 (May 2009) pages 58-67 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20961 Heather J.H. Edgar, Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Human…