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The Physical Anthropology and Genetics of Marginal People of the Southeastern United States 1
Author(s) -
POLLITZER WILLIAM S.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1972.74.3.02a00360
Subject(s) - colonialism , biological anthropology , ethnology , affect (linguistics) , white (mutation) , fertility , demography , anthropology , biology , genealogy , geography , genetics , sociology , gene , history , population , archaeology , communication
Admixture of White, Negro, and Indian peoples of the Southeastern United States from colonial days on has led to some unique populations isolated by social status. In time they formed distinctive gene pools. On the basis of physical traits and serological factors, it has been possible to reconstruct the approximate genetic contribution of parental populations to the hybrid ones. Some inherited diseases have also been concentrated in these isolates. Both differential fertility and changing social factors may affect the future of these populations.