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 89, Issue 4 (2017)

Articles

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Evaluating Nubian Population Structure from Cranial Nonmetric Traits: Gene Flow, Genetic Drift, and Population History of the Nubian Nile Valley
Kanya Godde and Richard L. Jantz

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Genetic Structure of the Western and Eastern African Sahel/Savannah Belt and the Role of Nomadic Pastoralists as Inferred from the Variation of D-Loop Mitochondrial DNA Sequences
Martina Čížková, Pavel Munclinger, Mame Yoro Diallo, Iva Kulichová, Mohammed G. Mokhtar, Alioune Dème, Luísa Pereira, and Viktor Černý

Brief Communication

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A Novel Association between the 27-bp Deletion and 538G>A Mutation in the ABCC11 Gene
Yusuke S. Hori, Aiko Yamada, Norifumi Matsuda, Yusuke Ono, Dmytro Starenki, Nadiya Sosonkina, Koh-ichiro Yoshiura, Norio Niikawa, and Tohru Ohta