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Race and Human Diversity: A Biocultural Approach
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-183876-5 See more
Author(s): Robert L. Anemone
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"Race Biology and Culture" is an introduction to the study of Human Diversity in both its biological and cultural dimensions. It will examine the biological basis of human difference, how humans have biologically and culturally adapted to life in different environments. It Critiques the notion that humans can or should be classified into a number of "biological races".
Coverage will include discussion of the following topics:
Biological background to human variation
History of racial classification
A critique of the Race Concept
Ethnic disease: how race affects morbidity and morality
Adapative dimesnions of human variability: life in the tropics, the arctic, and high altitude
Physiology of skin color
A critical history of attempts to link race and intelligence
Race as a cultural construct
