Jeffrey Charles Long | |
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Alma mater | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
Scientific career | |
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 the University of New Mexico since 2009, and a professor in the department of biology there since 2013. Before joining the University of New Mexico, Long taught at the University of Michigan Medical School; [2] Before that, he worked at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. [3] [4] Long is a member of the American Society of Human Genetics. [3] In April 2010, he presented a study at a meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists which found evidence that early humans interbred with Neanderthals. [1] [5] He has also studied the relationship between race and genetics, with his collaborators on this topic including Kenneth M. Weiss and Rick Kittles. [6] [7]
Jeffrey Charles Long | |
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Alma mater | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
Scientific career | |
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 the University of New Mexico since 2009, and a professor in the department of biology there since 2013. Before joining the University of New Mexico, Long taught at the University of Michigan Medical School; [2] Before that, he worked at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. [3] [4] Long is a member of the American Society of Human Genetics. [3] In April 2010, he presented a study at a meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists which found evidence that early humans interbred with Neanderthals. [1] [5] He has also studied the relationship between race and genetics, with his collaborators on this topic including Kenneth M. Weiss and Rick Kittles. [6] [7]