I want to know the answer to the following question:
How were older notions of race used?
All the background I'm provided with is that "Abu el-Haj concluded that this new "race science" calls attention to the importance of "ancestry" (narrowly defined, as it does not include all ancestors) in some religions and in popular culture, and people's desire to use science to confirm their claims about ancestry; this "race science", she argues, is fundamentally different from older notions of race that were used to explain differences in human behaviour or social status:". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: yes