ANTHROP 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Abo Blood Group System, Linnaean Taxonomy, Homo Sapiens
4 Sep 2018
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2 d 0 3 b e f o r e q u i z 5. Genetic diversity: total genetic variation found among the whole human species. Cultural and biological influences on group structure, kin relationships. Sordid past regarding reifying/validating looking for the presence of separate human races or subspecies. Biological: belief in bio reality of multiple distinct pops descended from a common ancestral group. Believed to share traits such as physical appearance (skin color) and behavioural traits. Social/cultural concept: understanding that social/cultural/self/ind/group-defined races/ethnic groups/pops play a role in defining social relations and ids. Understanding that cultural attitudes towards race/racism have real social ramifications. Places humans at top of ranking species 1st mistake. Evolution misconstrued: within human classification (put caucasiode as best() second. Also i(cid:374)(cid:272)luded sapie(cid:374)s (cid:373)o(cid:374)strous: (cid:858)(cid:449)ild (cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859) defor(cid:373)ed, (cid:373)ysti(cid:272)al. Race geo graphically - g races based on morphological diffs. Skeletal measurements, esp the skull (nazi used these) Skin colour (and hair/eye colour) skin colour is biggest problem.
