ANTH 1001 Lecture : ANTH 1001 2 10 2012 Lecture Notes
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Maintenance of two or more alleles in a population due to selective advantage of the heterozygote. Sickle cell anemia heterozygotes thrive in malaria infested regions more than homozygotes mmarch7. Monogenism- all humans descended from one original pair of humans. Polygenism- multiple original pairs of humans for every race of humans. Time of describing and classifying humans by races. Biological determinism-behavioral attributes are determined by biological attributes. Some argue that race does not actually exist. There is a cultural affiliation with biological effects. Cline- refers to gradual phenotypic or genetic variation over geographic space.
