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  2. Historical race concepts - Wikipedia

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    The word "race", interpreted to mean an identifiable group of people who share a common descent, was introduced into English in the 16th century from the Old French rasse (1512), from Italian razza: the Oxford English Dictionary cites the earliest example around the mid-16th century and defines its early meaning as a "group of people belonging to the same family and descended from a common ...

  3. Josiah C. Nott - Wikipedia

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    In 1857, Nott and Gliddon again co-edited a book, Indigenous Races of the Earth. [10] That book built upon the arguments in Types of Mankind that linked anthropology with "scientific" studies of race to establish a supposed natural hierarchy of the races. The book included chapters from Louis Ferdinand Alfred Maury, J. Atkin Meigs, and Francis ...

  4. Scientific racism - Wikipedia

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    The Scottish lawyer Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696–1782) was a polygenist; he believed God had created different races on Earth in separate regions. In his 1734 book Sketches on the History of Man, Home claimed that the environment, climate, or state of society could not account for racial differences, so the races must have come from distinct ...

  5. Race (human categorization) - Wikipedia

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    Race is a categorization of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into groups generally viewed as distinct within a given society. [1] The term came into common usage during the 16th century, when it was used to refer to groups of various kinds, including those characterized by close kinship relations. [2]

  6. Calvin Ira Kephart - Wikipedia

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    Origin of the name "Russia" (1944) Racial History of the Albanians (1944) Origin of the Capertian royal dynasty of France (1951) Odin: God of wisdom and founder of Denmark (1963) Books. Sanskrit. Its origin, composition and diffusion (1949) Origin of Heraldry in Europe (1953) Races of Mankind: Their Origin and Migration (1960, 2nd Ed. 1961)

  7. Race and genetics - Wikipedia

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    Researchers have investigated the relationship between race and genetics as part of efforts to understand how biology may or may not contribute to human racial categorization. Today, the consensus among scientists is that race is a social construct, and that using it as a proxy for genetic differences among populations is misleading. [1] [2]

  8. Polygenism - Wikipedia

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    Home believed God had created different races on Earth in separate regions. In his book Sketches on the History of Man in 1734 Home claimed that the environment, climate, or state of society could not account for racial differences, so that the races must have come from distinct, separate stocks. [18]

  9. Color terminology for race - Wikipedia

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    In the 2000 US Census, "White" refers to "person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa." [21] In the 2000 US Census, "Black or African American" refers to a "person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa." [21] The other three self-designated races are not labeled by color ...