Racial discrimination: How not to do it

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 278-286

  Hochman, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forensic anthropology; Genetic clustering; Race; Racial naturalism; Sesardic; Social constructionism

Indexed keywords

GENETIC CLUSTERING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; NOTE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RACE; RACIAL NATURALISM; SESARDIC; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM; SOCIOLOGY;

FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; GENETIC CLUSTERING; RACE; RACIAL NATURALISM; SESARDIC; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 84881229475     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2013.03.003     Document Type: Note

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