ANTHRO 7 Chapter 14: Ch. 14 Human Genetics
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People in different parts of the world look very different. Southern asia - dark hair and dark skin. Arctic peoples - shorter and stockier than those who love in east africa. How genetic differences lead to phenotypic differences among humans and between humans and other primates. Sequencing of the great ape genomes over the last decade has revealed much about this variation. How people vary genetically within and among societies. Describe nature of differences between people that are influenced by single genes with large effects. Variation in traits that are influenced by many genes. A clear understanding of the nature and source of human genetic variation demonstrates that race is not a valid scientific construct. 14. 2 how humans are different from other apes. Sequencing genomes provides information about genetic differences. In the past humans were distinguished by other species mostly on basis of morphology; fossils = only source of evolutionary change.
