Interview with anthropologist Patricia Tovar
This project is part of a much larger exploration that looks at the history of women during the Spanish Conquest and the Age of Discoveries.
Category Social Anthropology
Human population genetics and the idea of ancestry: an anthropological perspective (part 2)
In the last decades, the idea of “ancestry” has become one of the most important and popular notions in human population genetics. On this notion stands genetics perspectives on the origins and history of contemporary living populations. However, ancestry has several meanings and outside of genetics, the idea commonly informs practices related to identity, kinship and family history.
Human population genetics and the idea of ancestry: an anthropological perspective (part 1)
Ancestry has become, in the last decades, a central concept in human population genetics. On this notion stands genetic perspectives about the origins and history of contemporary living populations. However, ancestry has several meanings and outside of genetics, the idea commonly informs practices related to identity, kinship, and family history.