The discipline of forensic anthropology has been critiqued for its lack of a theoretical basis.
In response, practitioners often assert that their analyses are implicitly grounded in …

Humans often mate with those resembling themselves, a phenomenon described as positive
assortative mating (PAM). The causes of this attract broad interest, but there is little …

Cultural and socioeconomic differences stratify human societies and shape their genetic
structure beyond the sole effect of geography. Despite mating being limited by sociocultural …

Genetic similarity of spouses can reflect factors influencing mate choice, such as
physical/behavioral characteristics, and patterns of social endogamy. Spouse correlations …

Population stratification leads to a predictable phenomenon—a reduction in the number of
heterozygotes compared to that calculated assuming Hardy‐Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE) …

In several species, mate choice is influenced by parental features through sexual imprinting,
but in humans evidence is scarce and open to alternative explanations. We examined …

Background: Lack of HLA data in southern African populations hampers disease association
studies and our understanding of genetic diversity in these populations. We aimed to …

Early exposure to parental features shapes later sexual preferences in fish, birds, and
mammals. Here I report that human males' preferences for a conspicuous trait, colourful …

Background: This analysis assessed the acquisition (incidence) and persistence (clearance)
of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection by self-reported race among men in The HPV in …

We studied HLA class I (HLA-A,-B) and class II (HLA-DRB1,-DQB1) alleles by PCR-SSP
based ty** in a total of 1101 Ecuadorian individuals from three regions of the country, the …