Caucasian race
Caucasoid was a word for a person from Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, North Africa, Horn of Africa and the mainland countries of East Asia like China, Japan and Korea along with most of Siberia. The group of these persons was called "Caucasoid race" or Caucasian race.[1] In former times people divided race into 6 categories European (White), Asian, Middle Eastern, Pacific Islander, Hispanic and African (Black). While many scientists today all agree there are not 6 but only 3 race categories. Contrary to popular belief, the term ‘Caucasian’ in the United States is interchangeably used to address European Americans of Nordic, Germanic (blonde haired blue eyed) and Latin (red haired) stereotypes while not utilizing its true meaning. The three human races are White (Caucasian), Brown, and Black. Today, scientists agree there is 3 races. Modern genetic research has shown that the idea of 6 races was wrong.[2][3]
German anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752 – 1840) invented the name Caucasian race because he saw a connection to the Caucasus Mountains.
In the United States, white people are often called "Caucasian". But the "Caucasian race" included people with a skin from white to dark brown.[4]
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Some persons in the pictures have white skin, others have brown skin. But in former times, scientists saw all persons in the pictures as members of the "Caucasian race".
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Children from Georgia in the Caucasus region -
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A young Japanese girl
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- ↑ The Races of Europe by Carlton Stevens Coon. From Chapter XI: The Mediterranean World - Introduction: "This third racial zone stretches from Spain across the Straits of Gibraltar to Morocco, and thence along the southern Mediterranean shores into Arabia, East Africa, Mesopotamia, and the Persian highlands; and across Afghanistan into India."
- ↑ American Association of Physical Anthropologists (27 March 2019). "AAPA Statement on Race and Racism". American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ↑ Templeton, A. (2016). EVOLUTION AND NOTIONS OF HUMAN RACE. In Losos J. & Lenski R. (Eds.), How Evolution Shapes Our Lives: Essays on Biology and Society (pp. 346-361). Princeton; Oxford: Princeton University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv7h0s6j.26. That this view reflects the consenus among American anthropologists is stated in: Wagner, Jennifer K.; Yu, Joon-Ho; Ifekwunigwe, Jayne O.; Harrell, Tanya M.; Bamshad, Michael J.; Royal, Charmaine D. (February 2017). "Anthropologists' views on race, ancestry, and genetics". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 162 (2): 318–327. doi:10.1002/ajpa.23120. PMC 5299519. PMID 27874171.
- ↑ Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich; Bendyshe, Thomas; Marx, Karl Friedrich Heinrich; Flourens, Pierre; Wagner, Rudolph; Hunter, John (1865). The Anthropological Treatises of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach ... Anthropological Society. ISBN 9780878211241.