Human Biology Volume 81, Number 4, August 2009

A worldwide forum for state-of-the-art ideas, methods, and techniques in the field, Human Biology focuses on genetics in its broadest sense. Included under this rubric are: human population genetics, evolutionary and genetic demography, quantitative genetics, evolutionary biology, ancient DNA studies, biological diversity interpreted in terms of adaptation (biometry, physical anthropology), and interdisciplinary research linking biological and cultural diversity (inferred from linguistic variability, ethnological diversity, archaeological evidence, etc.)

Table of Contents

Comparison of Genetic Distance Measures Using Human SNP Genotype Data
Ondrej Libiger, Caroline M. Nievergelt, and Nicholas J. Schork

Inferring Population Continuity Versus Replacement with aDNA: A Cautionary Tale from the Aleutian Islands
Silvia E. Smith, M. Geoffrey Hayes, Graciela S. Cabana, Chad Huff, Joan Brenner Coltrain, and Dennis H. O’Rourke

Microsatellite Diversity Delineates Genetic Relationships of Shia and Sunni Muslim Populations of Uttar Pradesh, India 
Muthukrishnan Eaaswarkhanth, Bhawna Dubey, Poorlin Ramakodi Meganathan, Sabahat Noor, and Ikramul Haque

Isonymy Structure of Buenos Aires City
Rubén A. Bronberg, José E. Dipierri, Emma L. Alfaro, Italo Barrai, Alvaro Rodríguez-Larralde, Eduardo E. Castilla, Vincenza Colonna, Greta Rodríguez-Arroyo, and Graciela Bailliet 

Seasonality in Birth Weight: Review of Global Patterns and Potential Causes
Gabriel Chodick, Shira Flash, Yonit Deoitch, and Varda Shalev 

Italian Populations During the Copper Age: Assessment of Biological Affinities Through Morphological Dental Traits
Rita Vargiu, Andrea Cucina, and Alfredo Coppa 

Complete Mitochondrial Sequences for Haplogroups M23 and M46: Insights into the Asian Ancestry of the Malagasy Population
Vincent Dubut, François Cartault, Christine Payet, Marie-Dominique Thionville, and Pascal Murail