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

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://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/6514/

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/

Biological Anthropology Department - Temple University
Description of graduate and undergraduate programs, faculty listing, research areas, and facilities overview.
http://www.temple.edu/bioanthro/

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/

Biomedical Anthropology at Binghamton University
This program emphasizes cross-disciplinary education and research in biology, medicine, evolution, and social sciences as a subdivision of SUNY Binghamton's anthropology department.
http://biomedical.binghamton.edu/

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://anthrogen.com/default.aspx

Dental Microwear
Information on the study of microscopic wear on teeth and free image analysis software.
http://comp.uark.edu/~pungar/

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

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
An annotated guide to Internet resources from the University of Delaware.
http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/anth/phys/internet.htm

Race: A Scientific Investigation
Peter Conti describes the historical bias that he believes ruined the objectivity in racial classification in traditional anthropology.
http://www.freewebs.com/caucasoid_caucasian/index.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 Skull Module
A tutorial on the bones of the skull from California State University, Chico.
http://www.csuchico.edu/anth/Module/skull.html