ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sickle Cell Trait, Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism, Human Genome Project
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As people encounter each other they look for ways to distinguish themselves. Skin color has been one of these ways as it is so noticeable. By at least 1350 bce (before common era, new label), the egyptians had classified humans based on skin color: The barbarians could become greek by taking on greek culture. The lack of a rigid, racist hierarchy during the greek (and roman) era suggests that race is not innate, but constructed. This construction began during the european age of discovery and the later times of colonial domination by. The origin of race in europe during greek/roman times. One explanation: there was a objective analysis of human diversity that validated the concept of european superiority. Another explanation: the concept of european superiority was non-scientific, but based on social justification of policies already in place with the expansion of the slave markets and colonialism.
