Racial classification in the evolutionary sciences: A comparative analysis

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 429-468

  Billinger, Michael S ^a  

^a Edmonton Police Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Genetics; Morphology; Phenotype; Race; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLITICS; RACE;

ANTHROPOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLITICS;

EID: 54749145479     PISSN: 03919714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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