ABSTRACT

This book lays out some of the basic problems of a biological theory of race, in particular the arbitrariness of most racial classifications based on biological differences between populations. It provides the biological background to a consideration of the biology of human differences.

chapter 1|10 pages

Race and Biological Diversity in Humans

chapter 2|18 pages

Charles Darwin and Evolutionary Theory

chapter 4|27 pages

The History of the Race Concept

chapter 6|15 pages

Human Adaptation: Life at High Altitude

chapter 8|18 pages

Race, Intelligence, and Genetics

chapter 9|21 pages

Race as a Cultural Construction