Race and Human Classification

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An adaptation can be a mutation that confers an ______ such as a Frog with better-camouflaged.

advantage

Some of these Genetic bodily ______ are visible on human.

adaptations

Like all animals, humans have undoubtedly been classifying their neighbors in various ways for a very long ______.

time

Skin color, one of the most visible human characteristics, is a good example of ______ to a particular environment.

adaptation

Some of the first records of humans classifying others as certain types come from ancient ______, around 1350 BC.

Egypt

By the 16th century, during the ______ of Discovery, Europeans voyaging around the world were encountering many previously unknown peoples.

Age

Many racial classifications were based only on ______ color.

skin

They labeled them ______ because they didn't share European culture and values.

Savages

Many racial supremacists still believe that cultural behavior correlates with ______ color, nose shape, hair texture, or what you have.

skin

They thought they could use racial type as an indicator of just how ______ a person was.

Savage

Explore the concept of race and how anthropologists have attempted to classify humans into different groups. Learn about the challenges and limitations of using physical traits to identify racial groups.

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