ANT202H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon, Allele Frequency, Genetic Variation
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Key concepts: biological concept of race, patterns of global genetic variation. Race vague term that has multiple meanings, both cultural and biological, referring to group membership. Biological race group of populations sharing certain biological traits that distinguish them from other groups of populations: difficult to apply to human populations. Identifying clusters of populations similar to each other that differ from other clusters in terms of allele frequencies and physical characteristics. 347 bce: ideal type , stereotypes, fixed # of types. Aristotle (384 322 bce: ladder of life ranked living organisms by different criteria (i. e complexity) Linnaeus: varieties european, african, asian, american (native, focused on typological ideas. Georges louis leclerc, comte de buffon (1708 1788: descriptive approach to human variation, identified by place of origin, rejected classification as goal of studying human variation. Rethinking race concept: darwin"s observations changed the view about central importance of variation in natural world.
