Research Article/Race Reconciled: How Biological Anthropologists View Human Variation

Biohistorical approaches to “race” in the United States: Biological distances among African Americans, European Americans, and their ancestors†

  1. Heather J.H. Edgar1,2,*

Article first published online: 18 FEB 2009

DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20961

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American Journal of Physical Anthropology

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Special Issue: Race Reconciled: How Biological Anthropologists View Human Variation

Volume 139, Issue 1, pages 58–67, May 2009

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Edgar, H. J.H. (2009), Biohistorical approaches to “race” in the United States: Biological distances among African Americans, European Americans, and their ancestors. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol., 139: 58–67. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.20961

Author Information

  1. 1

    Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

  2. 2

    Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

*Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, MSC01 1050, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA

  1. †

    Author's: Note: This study explores the effects of cultural concepts of race on changes in subpopulations in the United States. While some aspects of biology may correlate with cultural constructions of race, use of the term “race” here does not imply its biological validity under any definition. When not otherwise indicated, the words “race” or “racial” are used in this article to describe social categories.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 1 APR 2009
  2. Article first published online: 18 FEB 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 24 SEP 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 21 MAR 2008

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