ANTH 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Genetic Variation, James Vi And I, Franz Boas
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The african continent has more genetic variation than the rest of the world(?) Genetic variation in other populations are represented within the genetic diversity within africa*** X group would have type a blood whereas group y would have type b blood. But that is not what we see. Anyone can have type a and anyone can have type b (no matter what group they are found in) The most racialized trait skin color. Environmentally driven trait might stay in same geographic area bc of selection, but other parts of the genome would still mix. Bc of location, color is different from group to group. But other traits are still varied (they are not environmentally driven e,g,, blood type, etc. ) Biological differences are so small not representative of biological races*** Myth: using multiple traits can tell you someone"s biological race. Where certain combinations of traits means that a person is from group a.
