Jeffrey Charles Long | |
Fields: | Genetic anthropology |
Workplaces: | University of New Mexico |
Alma Mater: | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
Thesis Title: | The estimation of genetic variation and divergence: Application to Gainj and Kalam speakers of Highland New Guinea |
Thesis Url: | http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3287543 |
Thesis Year: | 1984 |
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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] Long is a member of the American Society of Human Genetics.[4] 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]