Race? Debunking a Scientific Myth

Name: Race? Debunking a Scientific Myth
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ISBN: 9781603444255

ISBN-10: 1603444254

ISBN-13: 9781603444255

Edition: 2011

Authors: Ian Tattersall, Rob DeSalle

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Race has provided the rationale and excuse for some of the worst atrocities in human history. Yet, according to many biologists, physical anthropologists, and geneticists, there is no valid scientific justification for the concept of race. To be more precise, although there is clearly some physical basis for the variations that underlie perceptions of race, clear boundaries among ;races ; remain highly elusive from a purely biological standpoint. Differences among human populations that people intuitively view as ;racial ; are not only superficial but are also of astonishingly recent origin. In this intriguing and highly accessible book, physical anthropologist Ian Tattersall and geneticist…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Publication date: 9/1/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 5.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188



Acknowledgments


Prologue



Race in Western Scientific History



Species, Patterns, and Evolution



Hman Evolution and Dispersal



Is "Race" a Biological Problem?



Race in Ancestry, Forensics, and Disease


Epilogue


For Further Reading


Index