Introduction

Types of Articles

Format/Structure

Author

Language

Illustrations/ Advertisements

Purpose

Audience

Peer Reviewed/ Refereed

Printable Checklist

Format/Structure: Scholarly Article

This tutorial will examine the structure of one scholarly article in depth:

"Genetic and Linguistic Affinities between Human Populations in Eurasia and West Africa" by Daniel Nettle and Louise Harriss, Department of Biological Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.

The article is found in a journal titled Human Biology. The citation is: Human Biology 75.3 (2003) 331-344. It is available online at:

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/human_biology/v075/75.3nettle.html