02550nam 2200613 a 450 991078173740332120230725051429.01-299-05362-91-60344-477-7(CKB)2550000000050903(EBL)1100922(OCoLC)759040839(SSID)ssj0000566504(PQKBManifestationID)11371535(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000566504(PQKBWorkID)10549445(PQKB)10153679(MiAaPQ)EBC1100922(MdBmJHUP)muse14819(Au-PeEL)EBL1100922(CaPaEBR)ebr10492841(CaONFJC)MIL436612(EXLCZ)99255000000005090320110222d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRace?[electronic resource] debunking a scientific myth /Ian Tattersall and Rob DeSalle1st ed.College Station Texas A&M University Press20111 online resource (249 p.)Texas A & M University anthropology series ;no. 15Description based upon print version of record.1-60344-425-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Race in Western scientific history -- Species, patterns, and evolution -- Human evolution and dispersal -- Is "race" a biological problem? -- Race in ancestry, forensics, and disease.Race has provided the rationale and excuse for some of the worst atrocities in human history. Yet, according to many biologists, physical anthropologists, and geneticists, there is no valid scientific justification for the concept of race.To be more precise, although there is clearly some physical basis for the variations that underlie perceptions of race, clear boundaries among "races" remain highly elusive from a purely biological standpoint. Differences among human populations that people intuitively view as "racial" are not only superficial but are also of astonishingly recent oriTexas A & M University anthropology series ;no. 15.RaceHuman evolutionRace.Human evolution.305.8Tattersall Ian451652DeSalle Rob546347MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781737403321Race3759900UNINA