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Speciality
Antropología Biológica
Scientific discipline
Archaeology and Biological Anthropology
- Archaeology and Biological Anthropology
Topic
ANTHROPOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF POPULATIONS OF ARGENTINA. ANCESTRY AND IDENTITY
Workplace
CENTRO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES, AMBIENTALES Y ANTROPOLOGICAS
(CCNAA, MAIMONIDES)
Dependencies
- UNIVERSIDAD MAIMONIDES
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| HIDALGO 775, piso 7, 1405 - Capital Federal - Argentina |
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Dr. Sergio Avena is a licenciate (1998) and doctor (2003) in anthropological sciences from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). He is currently working at the Laboratory of Biological Anthropology, CEBBAD, Maimonides University (MU) and FFyL, UBA. He is also a teacher of Evolution in BS in Biological Sciences (MU) and Biological Anthropology (FFyL, UBA).Dr. Avena has worked in the study of the genetic admixture across different regions of Argentina since 1998. His main interest is the analys...
Dr. Sergio Avena is a licenciate (1998) and doctor (2003) in anthropological sciences from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). He is currently working at the Laboratory of Biological Anthropology, CEBBAD, Maimonides University (MU) and FFyL, UBA. He is also a teacher of Evolution in BS in Biological Sciences (MU) and Biological Anthropology (FFyL, UBA).Dr. Avena has worked in the study of the genetic admixture across different regions of Argentina since 1998. His main interest is the analyses of miscegenation process between Natives, Europeans and Africans, in the current cosmopolitan population. He has published numerous research papers about these themes, and also some papers about the study of Amerindian populations, in international and local journals. Dr. Avena is member of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Antropología Biológica and the Asociación de Antropología Biológica Argentina, of which he was President (2013-2015). He was organizer of the XI Jornadas Nacionales de Antropología Biológica (Buenos Aires, 2013).
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Lines of Investigation
Antropología Biológica
Humanities
- Other humanities
- Other humanities
Technological Capacities
6 - Biological sciences
6.3 - Genome Research
- 6.3.3 - Population genetics
Key Words
Antropología BiológicaADNBiological AnthropologyAncestría GenéticaMestizajeMiscegenationDNAGenetic Ancestry
Education
2000 - 2003
Doctor
FACULTAD DE FILOSOFIA Y LETRAS, UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES
1989 - 1998
Licenciado
FACULTAD DE FILOSOFIA Y LETRAS, UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES
1989 - 1995
Profesor
FACULTAD DE FILOSOFIA Y LETRAS, UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES
Co-director of:
ARENCIBIA, VALERIA
Scholars
RUSSO, MARIA GABRIELA
Scientific Research Career at CONICET
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