ANTH 1120 Lecture 8: ANTH 1120 Lecture 8
18 Nov 2016
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Statement on biological aspects of race" (1996), american association of physical. Anthropology: pure races in the sense of genetically homogenous populations, do not exist in the human species today, nor is there any evidence that they have ever existed. Various names are used by biologists to talk about species variation: phase( e. g. black-phase grey squirrels, mutation (e. g. blue(derived) and green(generalized) parrot patterns, breed (e. g. dogs: robust and gracile border collies) Subspecies: ernst w. mayr, evolutionary biologist, de ned subspecies as a geographical race", differing genetically and taxonomically from other subdivisions of the species. De nition can fall apart when speci c examples are presented; it is not a hard and fast concept. The subspecies concept can be useful in linking speci c traits that differ within a species from region to region. Brown is the generalized eye colour for human, but lighter eye colours have shown up as derived in many areas. 3 genes have some bearing on eye colour:
