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Thread #33362   Message #445329
Posted By: Gary T
20-Apr-01 - 10:38 AM
Thread Name: BS: No such thing as British...
Subject: RE: BS: No such thing as British...
Here you go:

race Biology. an interbreeding subgroup of a species whose individuals are geographically, physiologically, or chromosomally distinct from other members of the species.

The above is what I had in mind (I was a biology major). I did not study anthropology, but the following is perhaps more germane to the topic at hand.

Anthropology. 1. a geographical variation in the human population, identified by a range of genetic characteristics such as hair and skin color, eye color and shape, facial features, body build, and blood group; now a disputed term that is not regarded as technically precise. 2. any of three such population groups into which humans have traditionally been classified; i.e., Caucasoid, Mongoloid, or Negroid.

I note that it is now a disputed term; it is not, however, an abandoned term.

More discussion of the term, addressing both of our perspectives, can be found at this site.