Presentations:

 

2004    Craniometric view from the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene of East Asia: the Zhoukoudian Upper Cave and Minatogawa, in Symposium: Paleoanthropological Research at the Asian Frontiers. the seventy-third Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Tampa, Florida: April 14-17.

 

2004    A Odontometric and a craniometric perspective on past and present population relationships in East and Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific, with C.Loring Brace, in Symposium: Paleoanthropological Research at the Asian Frontiers. the seventy-third Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Tampa, Florida: April 14-17.

 

2003    “New World Paleoindians in craniometric perspective: New Looks at Old Faces"

Noriko Seguchi, with A. R. Nelson, and C. Loring Brace. at the seventy-second Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

 

2002    Race and Gender: social and political constructs.

N Seguchi. in “Embodying Human Diversity.” in Commission Symposia at Inter-Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, September. 22-27, 2002, Tokyo, Japan.

 

2002    “Race:” is not a Valid Biological Concept.

N C. L. Brace and N Seguchi. in “Racializing the Human body: A Cross Cultural Perspective.” in Inter-Congress Symposia at Inter-Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, September. 22-27, 2002, Tokyo, Japan.

 

2002    The Anthropology of Malocclusion: Crowding and Anomalies in the Japanese.

N. Seguchi, H. Oe. . at the seventy-first Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

 

2002    Human Evolution: A Neanderthal Skeleton in a sapiens Closet. C. L. Brace, N Seguchi, C. Quintyn. at the seventy-first Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

 

2001    The Craniofacial morphometric picture of prehistoric and recent Japan in comparison with Northeast and Southeast Asia. N. Seguchi, C. Loring Brace and H. Oe. Presented in the symposium, “Molecules and Morphology: Comparisons of Recent Living Human Populations” (C. Loring Brace, Organizer) at the seventieth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

 

2001    Morphometric and molecular perspectives on the comparison of human populations. C. Loring Brace, N. Seguchi, and A. R. Nelson. Presented in the symposium, “Molecules and Morphology: Comparisons of Recent Living Human Populations” (C. Loring Brace, Organizer) at the seventieth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

 

2000    A comparative craniofacial analysis of 24 Asian and Pacific populations using the neighbor-joining method. N. Seguchi and C. Loring Brace. Presented at the sixty-ninth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

 

1999        Association between occlusal form and tooth wear. Presented at the sixty-eighth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

1998        Secular change of Japanese occlusion: the frequency of the overbite and its association with food preparation techniques and eating habits. Presented at the sixty-seventh Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

1997        Drawing the Borders: Sexual, Racial, and National Boundaries Today, Tomorrow, and Forever. Presented at Graduate Student Conference, October 24-26. The University of Michigan, Institute for Research on Women and Gender.

1997        There is no Race!: History of “Race” Concept in Physical Anthropology. Lecture Seminar at the Department of Anthropology, National Science Museum in Tokyo. March 16th.

1995    Clines and Clusters. Paper presented at the 101st annual meeting of the Michigan Academy, Big Rapids, MI.

Publications:

 

2000    Secular change in the Japanese occlusion: the frequency of the overbite and its association with food preparation techniques and eating habits. Ph.D. dissertation. Anthropology, University of Michigan. pp. 338. UMI, Proqest.

 

2001    Old World sources of the first New World human inhabitants: A comparative craniofaical view.

C. Loring Brace, A. Russell Nelson, Noriko Seguchi, Hiroaki Oe, Leslie Sering, Pan Qifeng, Li Yongyi, Dashtseveg Tumen. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol.98, No.17, 10017-10022.

 

In preparation   Professor C. Loring Brace: Bringing Physical Anthropology (“Kicking and Screaming”) Into the 21st Century! Dean Falk and Noriko Seguchi (to appear in   :16th Volume of Michigan Discussion in Anthropology, 2006 Derek Brereton,Editor)

 

in Press           Craniofacial Form and Regional Population Affinities: A Comparative Approach Paleo-Indian Origins, Manuscript for Smithsonian Handbook Chapter 8 (edited by Douglas Ubelaker) , A. R. Nelson, Noriko Seguchi and C. Loring Brace.

 

2004    Craniometric view from the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene of East Asia: the Zhoukoudian Upper Cave and Minatogawa, in Symposium: Paleoanthropological Research at the Asian Frontiers. the seventy-third Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Abstract, Vol. Supplement 38, pp. 178.

 

2004    A Odontometric and a craniometric perspective on past and present population relationships in East and Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific, with C. Loring Brace, in Symposium: Paleoanthropological Research at the Asian Frontiers. the seventy-third Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Abstract, Vol. Supplement 38, pp. 67.

 

2003 “Race” is not a Valid Biological Concept  (English version) / “Jinshu” ha shakaiteki kouchikubutsu ka seibutugakuteki reality ka,「人種」は社会的構築物か生物学的リアリティか (Japanese version). C. L. Brace and Noriko Seguchi. Kenkyu-Hokokusho, Institute of Humanity, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.pp.44-84.

2003    “New World Paleoindians in craniometric perspective: New Looks at Old Faces" Noriko Seguchi, with A. R. Nelson, and C. Loring Brace. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Abstract, Vol. Supplement 36, pp. 188.

 

2002    “Race” is not a Valid Biological Concept. C. L. Brace, and Noriko Seguchi. Anthropological Science, Vol. 111:1.

 

2002    Race and Gender: Social and Political Constructs. Noriko Seguchi. Anthropological Science, Vol. 111:1.

 

2002    “Race” is not a Valid Biological Concept. C. L. Brace, and Noriko Seguchi. Inter-Congress of IUAES 2002, The Human Body in Anthropological Perspectives. Program and Abstracts. pp.61.

 

2002    Race and Gender: Social and Political Constructs. Noriko Seguchi. Inter-Congress of IUAES 2002, The Human Body in Anthropological Perspectives. Program and Abstracts. pp.80.

 

2002    The Anthropology of Malocclusion: Crowding and Anomalies in the Japanese.

N. Seguchi, H. Oe. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Abstract, Vol. Supplement 34, pp.138.

 

2002    Human Evolution: A Neanderthal Skeleton in a sapiens Closet. C. L. Brace, N Seguchi, C. Quintyn. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Abstract, Vol. Supplement 34, pp. 47.

 

2001    The Craniofacial Morphometric Picture of Prehistoric and Recent Eurasia, Circum-Pacific, and the New World: A Comparison with European Upper Paleolithic, Upper Cave 101, and Minatogawa 1. Noriko Seguchi, C. Loring Brace, Hiroaki Oe. A. Russell Nelson, and Leslie Sering. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. (under review)

 

2001    The morphometric picture of prehistoric and recent Japan in comparison with Northeast and Southeast Asia. N Seguchi, C. Loring Brace, and H Oe. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Abstract, Vol. Supplement 32, pp. 134.

 

2001    Morphometric and molecular perspectives on the comparison of human populations. C. Loring Brace, N. Seguchi, and A. R. Nelson. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Abstract, Vol. Supplement 32, pp. 42-43.

 

2000    A comparative craniofacial analysis of 24 Asian and Pacific populations using the neighbor-joining method. N. Seguchi and C. Loring Brace. . American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Abstract, Vol. Supplement 30, pp. 277.

 

1998        Association between occlusal form and tooth wear. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Abstract, Vol. Supplement 28, pp. 247 .

1997        Secular change of Japanese occlusion: the frequency of the overbite and its association with food preparation techniques and eating habits. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Abstract, Vol. Supplement 26, pp. 199.

1998    Drawing the Borders: Sexual, Racial, and National Boundaries Today, Tomorrow, and Forever. Working Paper Series, No. 34. Institute for Research on Women and Gender, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.