Thinking about populations and races in time

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

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 5-11

  Millstein, Roberta L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward looking; Genomics; Migration; Populations; Races; Time

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; POPULATION; TIME FACTOR;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY; POPULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84938424027     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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