Q: Is There a Biological Basis for Race and Racial Differences? / J. Philippe Rushton and Joseph L. Graves Jr..
by Rushton, J. Philippe; Graves, Joseph L., Jr; Flam, Faye; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 30Human Relations. Publisher: Insight, 2001; Knight-Ridder, 2001ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Human genetics | Race | Race differencesDDC classification: 050 Summary: Q: IS THERE A BIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR RACE AND RACIAL DIFFERENCES -- This article presents opposing responses to the question of whether or not there is a biological basis for race and racial differences. One author states "differences between the races are shown to be real by growing scientific evidence" (INSIGHT). The other contends that "so-called distinctions are science fiction and have a social and political agenda.".Summary: GENETICISTS FIND NO BIOLOGICAL DISTINCTION IN RACE -- "The Human Genome Project, which used DNA from donors of different ethnic origins, showed that there are no genetic boundaries between people that would correspond to anything like separate races." (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL) This article presents findings by scientists that show there are no biological distinctions in race, only social ones.
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This MARC record contains two articles.
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Q: Is There a Biological Basis for Race and Racial Differences?, May 28, 2001; pp. 40-43.
Originally Published: Geneticists Find No Biological Distinction in Race, April 22, 2001; pp. 15B.
Q: IS THERE A BIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR RACE AND RACIAL DIFFERENCES -- This article presents opposing responses to the question of whether or not there is a biological basis for race and racial differences. One author states "differences between the races are shown to be real by growing scientific evidence" (INSIGHT). The other contends that "so-called distinctions are science fiction and have a social and political agenda.".
GENETICISTS FIND NO BIOLOGICAL DISTINCTION IN RACE -- "The Human Genome Project, which used DNA from donors of different ethnic origins, showed that there are no genetic boundaries between people that would correspond to anything like separate races." (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL) This article presents findings by scientists that show there are no biological distinctions in race, only social ones.
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