| Websites in Biological Anthropology |
- AAPA Statement on Biological Aspects of Race
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.
http://physanth.org/positions/race.html
- Ancient Cannibalism
Report in the journal Nature describes biochemical evidence of cannibalism at a prehistoric Puebloan site in southwestern Colorado.
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v407/n6800/full/407074a0_fs.html
- Anthropometry Overview
An overview description of how anthropometry is concerned with the physical fit of the body in the workplace.
http://anarch.ie.utoronto.ca/courses/mie343/lectures/anthropometry/print.html
- Anthropometry Team New Zealand
A directory of data bases and links for the study of the measurement of the human body.
http://www.aut.ac.nz/freshedu/Anthropometry/index.html
- Biocultural Anthropology In Gujarat, India
Using dental discrete traits to measure biological distance between three groups in Gujarat, India.
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~grobbins/project.html
- Biological Anthropology Department - Temple University
Description of graduate and undergraduate programs, faculty listing, research areas, and facilities overview.
http://www.temple.edu/bioanthro/
- Biological Anthropology at UCLA
Graduate program focusing on evolutionary theory, primate behavior, hominid evolution, and evolutionary psychology and ecology. Features faculty interests and current research.
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/anthro/bioanthro/
- Caribbean African Ancestry Project
A population genetic study with goal of identifying ethnic groups that contributed to the Caribbean population. Features research background, photos and information on methodology.
http://www.unm.edu/~jadab/research/
- DNA and the Peopling of Siberia
Michael Hammer and Tatiana Karafet's project studying the population history of Siberia by means of the Y chromosome.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/peopling_siberia.html
- Dental Microwear
Information on the study of microscopic wear on teeth and free image analysis software.
http://comp.uark.edu/~pungar/
- Kin Selection
Features articles by Joe McCraw. Topics include relatedness, levels of selection and altruism.
http://www.kinselection.com
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Contact information and departmental overviews of a multidisciplinary organization in Leipzig, Germany.
http://www.eva.mpg.de/
- Physical Anthropology
A annotated guide to Internet resources from the University of Delaware.
http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/anth/phys/internet.htm
- Race Doesn't Exist In Humans
An essay debunking the idea that race is a biological concept.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/1998-10/WUiS-GSRD-071098.php
- Race, Genes and Anthropology
Collection of full text articles and links.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/misc/race.html
- Skeletons Beneath a Village
Michael Pietrusewsky and Michele Toomay Douglas write about the burials of the Neolithic and Bronze Age site of Ban Chiang, Thailand.
http://www2.soc.hawaii.edu/css/dept/anth/projects/banchiang/skeletons.htm
- The Biological Anthropology Web
An interactive site for discussions and information on the biological and cultural aspects of human variation and adapatation.
http://www.bioanth.org/
- The Skull Module
A tutorial on the bones of the skull from California State University, Chico.
http://www.csuchico.edu/anth/Module/skull.html
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