Molecular Anthropology at OU 

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About Molecular Anthropology

Molecular Anthropology is the study of the distribution of genetic variation to understand aspects of human history, culture and evolution. Molecular Anthropology is the aspect of anthropological genetics that directly examines molecular genetic material (DNA and RNA). Molecular Anthropology often includes data collection by sampling populations and conducting laboratory research. However, the study of Quantitative Genetics, Population Genetics and/or Phylogenetics are critical to testing most hypotheses raised by Molecular Anthropologist.

About Me

I am an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma in the Department of Anthropology. My specialty is anthropological genetics, particularly in the areas of molecular anthropology, population genetics and ancient DNA.

Check out our department as well as the beautiful facilities at the Stephenson Research and Technology Center (SRTC). 

Pictures of the Molecular Anthropology Laboratories at the SRTC are available on my academic homepage.

Interested students

The University of Oklahoma graduate program in Biological Anthropology will be of special interest to prospective students of biomedical anthropology, osteology, molecular anthropology and anthropological genetics. 

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Dr. Cecil M. Lewis, Jr.