ANTH 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Population Biology, Fredrik Barth, Evolutionary Pressure
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Species originate in a single gene pool, not distinct races. A race is a cluster of local populations that differs genetically from others. 94% of human genetic diversity falls within groups geographically defined as. Other races are subsets of africans, genetically. Population concept of race does not fit data. Africans (whole circle), asians, europeans (smallest circle) model (overlapping) Clearest signal for what is noticed as social difference. Reflectivity correlates to geography, not populations or races . Shapes understandings of diversity around the world. But racial ideas and social relations are quite varied. Ex. laws that say cannot marry different race groups. Ex. wealth (life chances), social castes (stratification)- untouchables . A sense of historical, cultural and sometimes ancestral connection to a group of people who are imagined to be distinct from those outside the group. (guest. Ethnicity: fredrik barth (norwegian group of anthropology) Civil rights movement happening at the time. Social relations of ethnicity and the environment.
