WHAT FOR?
- distinguishes one population from another
-the most widely used human racial categories are beased on visible traits sucha s skin colour and facial features.
-the term RACE is used in phyiscal anthropology to denote a division of humankind possessing traits that are transmissible by descent and sufficient to characterize it as a distinct human type.
there are 3 basic race in the world;
1- caucasoid
2- mongoloid
3- negroid
caucasoid
location-europe,north Africa,middle east,north india
skin colour-pale reddish white to olive brown
eye-light blue to dark brown
hair-light blonde to dark browm
nose shape-high nose bridge
mongoloid
location-east asia
skin colour- saffron to yellow or reddish brown
eye- black to dark brown
hair-dark,straight and coarse
nose shape- low or medium nose bridge
negroid
location- Africa,sahara,pygmy groups of Indonesia,new guinea and Melanesia
skin colour- brown to brown-black
eye- dark colours
hair- dark,coarse, usually kinky
nose shape- low nose bridge and broad nostril
factors affecting skin colour
pheomelanin-red to yellow
eumelanin- brown to dark brown
SO??
which race ARE YOU??
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