Jeffrey Charles Long | |
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| Alma mater | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
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| Fields | Genetic anthropology |
| Institutions | University of New Mexico |
| Thesis | The estimation of genetic variation and divergence: Application to Gainj and Kalam speakers of Highland New Guinea (1984) |
Jeffrey Charles Long is an American genetic anthropologist[1] who has been a tenured professor in the department of anthropology at theUniversity of New Mexico since 2009, and a professor in the department ofbiology there since 2013. Before joining the University of New Mexico, Long taught at theUniversity of Michigan Medical School;[2] Before that, he worked at theNational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.[3][4] Long is a member of theAmerican Society of Human Genetics.[3] In April 2010, he presented a study at a meeting of theAmerican Association of Physical Anthropologists which found evidence that early humans interbred withNeanderthals.[1][5] He has also studied the relationship betweenrace and genetics, with his collaborators on this topic includingKenneth M. Weiss andRick Kittles.[6][7]
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