Race: A social destruction of a biological concept

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-162

  Sesardic, Neven ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Genetics; Geographical ancestry; Human variation; Philosophy of science; Race Social constructivism

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMAN EVOLUTION; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; TAXONOMY;

EID: 78650683729     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-009-9193-7     Document Type: Article

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