About Human Biology
Founded in 1929, Human Biology is an international, peer-reviewed journal that focuses on research to increase understanding of human biological variation. Among the topics considered by the journal are anthropological, quantitative, evolutionary, and population genetics and genomics; ancient DNA studies and paleogenomics; demography and genetic epidemiology; and ethical and social implications of human genetic and genomic research.
Human Biology is the official publication of the American Association of Anthropological Genetics (AAAG), an educational and scientific organization founded in 1994. AAAG aims to promote the study of anthropological genetics, as this field is broadly defined, to facilitate communication and cooperation between individuals engaged in this field.
Current Issue: Volume 96, Issue 1 (2026) Bioarchaeology and Forensics
Introduction
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Bioarchaeological and Forensic Practice: Reconceptualizing Identity and Health Across the Centuries
Megan Fry and Samantha M. McCrane
Articles
Forensic Anthropologists as “Social Workers for the Deceased”: Integrating Social Work Standards and Collaborative Efforts in Long-Term Unidentified Human Remains Cases
Amy Michael, Samantha Blatt, Jennifer Bengtson, Scotia Mullin, Juliette R. Bedard, Samantha Unwin, and Jose Sanchez
Cotton Town Blues: An Investigation of Social Inequality, Diet, and Health in a Nineteenth-Century Industrializing Population—St Peter’s Churchyard, Blackburn, Lancashire
Andy Barlow, Catriona Pickard, Linda Fibiger, Kerry L. Sayle, Sarah Schaeffer, Emma Smith, Julie Franklin, Brooke Carter, Lea Perrino, and Clive Bonsall
Reassessing Skeletal Stress Indicators: Implications for Changing Population Health in Freedman’s Cemetery, Dallas, TX
Samantha M. McCrane, Megan H. Fry, and Siobhan A.E. Summers
American Association of Anthropological Genetics
