AN100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Negroid, Caucasian Race, Institutional Racism
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Early anthropologists supported theories of race and contributed to . Scienti c racism: science of race using anthropometric techniques (measuring the body) Used to classify humans into racial types" i. e caucasoid, mongoloid, negroid. Classi cation of races is selective and arbitrary (skin colour as opposed to body shape) No simple correlation between physical differences and behavioural or mental differences. Physical differences, within and between groups exist. Genetic differences responsible for physical differences are few among humans; common genes and variations within a race. According to fish, physical differences are a result of 4 factors: Natural selection: selective advantage of physical traits- body shape, skin colour. Genetic mutation: random and accumulate over time in different populations. Genetic drift: frequencies of genes will differ when groups of people move from original populations or when disaster occurs. Folk concept focusing on heritage regardless of skin tone. Hypo decent does not explain about physical descent only folk beliefs about it.
