ISBN:
1603444254
,
9781603444255
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xv, 226 p)
,
ill
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Texas A & M University anthropology series no. 15
Series Statement:
Texas A&M University Anthropology Series v.15
Parallel Title:
Print version Race? : Debunking a Scientific Myth
DDC:
305.8
Keywords:
Human evolution
;
Race
;
Race
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Race has provided the rationale and excuse for some of the worst atrocities in human history. Yet, according to many biologists, physical anthropologists, and geneticists, there is no valid scientific justification for the concept of race.To be more precise, although there is clearly some physical basis for the variations that underlie perceptions of race, clear boundaries among "races" remain highly elusive from a purely biological standpoint. Differences among human populations that people intuitively view as "racial" are not only superficial but are also of astonishingly recent origin. In t
Description / Table of Contents:
Race in Western scientific historySpecies, patterns, and evolution -- Human evolution and dispersal -- Is "race" a biological problem? -- Race in ancestry, forensics, and disease.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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