Unit 12 racial classification* Contents
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SUMMARY Biological anthropologists discarded the term ‘race’ as a biological construct; infact they opined that race is a cultural construct. There are three explanations for variations ‘within’ and ‘between’ populations; these are natural selection, gene flow and genetic drift. Almost all scientists of today’s world reject the concept of human race as a scientific way of defining human populations. However to understand ‘race; as a historical construct, we should study contributions of above stated scholars. The differences that have historically determined the classification into races are predominantly physical aspects of appearance that are generally hereditary. Genetically the term race is a group with gene frequencies differing from the other such groups of races of the same species. Scientists discover that the genetic differences between so called races are extremely low compared to differences within ‘races’. Therefore, now-a-days anthropologists believe that the concept of race is unscientific and racial categories are arbitrary designations. It is also essential to note that, all human groups of today’s world belong to the same species- Homo sapiens sapiens, and are mutually fertile; races are results of mutation, selection and adaptations. 12.6 REFERENCES Bernasconi, R., & Lott, T. L. (Eds.). (2000). The Idea of Race. Hackett Publishing. Hooton, E. A. (1946). Up from the Ape. The Macmillan Company. Chahal, S. M. S. (2016). Concept of Race. Egyankosh. Accessed on: 2018 July, 06. Retrieved from: http://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/41417/1/Unit-1.pdf Begum, G. (2016). Classification of Races. ePG Pathshala: A Gateway to all Post Graduate Courses. Accessed on: 2018 July, 08. Retrieved from: http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/epgpdata/uploads/epgp_content/anthropology/ 01._physical___biological_anthropology_/27_.classification_of_races/et/ 7221_et_et_27.pdf Download 228.37 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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