ANT101H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Vasoconstriction, Vasodilation, Preterm Birth
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1350 b. c ancient egyptians classified humans based on their skin color. Linnaeus taxonomic classification: first attempt to describe variation among human populations, 4 separate categories, least complimentary descriptions = sub-saharan, dark-skinned africans, blumenbach, classified humans into 5 races, acknowledged limitations. If europeans were christian = uncivilized: biological determinism this view was rooted in it, an association bw physical characteristics and such attributes as intelligence, morals, values, abilities, and even social and economic status. The concept of race: all contemporary humans are members of the same polytypic species = Homosapiens: races people who have particular combinations of various characteristics and other traits have been placed together under this category, phenotypic expressions that contribute to social identity = racial traits, sex, age, ethnicity. Limitation of traditional classification categories are distinct and based on stereotypes or ideals that compromise a specific set of traits (typological nature)
