How real is race? Using anthropology to make sense of human diversity

by Douglas Black

The decline of civilization begins with the perception that race changes everything, and that our subtle cosmetic or cultural differences are paramount to this indigenous behavior of cultural segregation. One of the most d...read more

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by CPage

"Why are we so different", or perhaps we should ask "Why are we at all the same?" From lowly amoeba to big-brained human, the case for the rainbow of diversity within the human species is not easily made by anthropolog...read more

by Christine G.

"None of the observable traits that people associate with race are simple genetic traits. Complex traits are influenced by several genes as well as environment." (Jeffre...read more

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by Lauren Bove

We Are All African Under The Skin. Racism is scientifically incorrect. We are all related. Some may be shocked by this statement. Consider this: We had to come from somewhere. Why not the Kalahari Desert and the Kh...read more

by Mary Pat Lynch

Anthropology is an excellent framework for exploring the complex idea of "race." Over time, the field of physical anthropology has mirrored the societies in which it exists. In the early years of anthropology, when West...read more