Dr. Richard Jantz, Professor

Ph.D. 1970, Anthropology, University of Kansas
M.A. 1964, Anthropology, University of Kansas
B.A. 1962, Anthropology, University of Kansas

Research Interests

Skeletal Biology, Human Variation, Forensic Anthropology, Quantitative Methods, Dermatoglyphics

Selected Publications

Jantz, R.L. 2003. The Anthropometric Legacy of Franz Boas. Econ. Hum. Biol. 1/2:277-284.

Sparks, C.S. and Jantz R.L. 2002. A Reassessment of Cranial Plasticity: Boas Revisited. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 99:14636-14639.

Owsley, D.W. and Jantz R.L. 2001. Archaeological Politics and Public Interest in Paleoamerican Studies: Lessons from Gordon Creek Woman and Kennewick Man. Am. Antiq. 66:565-575.

Jantz, R.L. 2001. Cranial Change in Americans. J. For. Sci. 46: 784-787.

Jantz, R.L. and Owsley, D.W. 2001. Variation Among Early North American Crania. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 114:146-155.

Jantz, R.L. and Meadows Jantz, L. 2000. Secular Change in Craniofacial Morphology, Am. J. Hum. Biol. 12:327-338.