Everyone is African
Subtitle: how science explodes the myth of race
By: Daniel J. Fairbanks
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781633880184
Subjects: Race; Human genetics; Human population genetics; Human evolution; Racism; Variation
Description: "What does science say about race? In this book a ... research geneticist [posits] that traditional notions about distinct racial differences have little scientific foundation. In short, racism is not just morally wrong; it has no basis in fact, [and] the author ... describes in detail the factors that have led to the current scientific consensus about race"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-182) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is race?; title: African origins; title: Ancestry versus race; title: "The color of their skin"; title: Human diversity and health; title: Human diversity and intelligence; title: The perception of race.