ANTH 1131 Lecture 16: Concept of "Race"
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* refers to subspecies - physically distinguishable population win a species. Ex: european reindeer and north american caribou belong to same species but no contact with each other. Basis of particular combinations of physical traits such as skin color, eye color, etc. People are put in categories depending of their physical characteristics. Problems: skin color, regional populations - considerable variation can exist with racial categories. Ex: differences in skin color and eye color in women and girls from india: clones vs discrete regional traits. Other ways to distinguish subspecies => blood types.