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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Supercar: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Clyde Winters: Gill has already made it clear that about half the scientists believe race exist and the other half belive race does not exist. The biology literature is full of reference to race.[/QUOTE]Do you have the comprehensive list of 'half' of these scientists, and how Gill has communicated with them. Do these scientists fall outside of Gill's line of work, which is "forensics", and do you have their up-to-date peer reviewed defense of human 'races'? With regards to your mention of "literature full of references of race", are these "scientific" definitions of race as opposed to "social contructs" of ethnicity? For instance, you post... [i]Race From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article may benefit form being shortened by the use of summary style. Summary style moves large sections to sub-articles that are summarized in the main article. For other uses, see Race (disambiguation). The term race distinguishes a population of humans (or non-humans) from other populations. The most widely used human racial categories are based on visible traits (especially skin color and facial features), genes, and self-identification. Conceptions of race, as well as specific racial groupings, [b]vary by culture[/b] and over time and are often controversial, for scientific reasons as well as their impact on social identity and identity politics. Legal definitions, common usage, and scientific meaning can all be conflated, causing confusion and controversy.[/i] Do you think that the above is a scientific definition of race? Notwithstanding the pending answer, the wiki piece has something quite instructive therein, i.e. concepts of "races", essentially with regards to social constructs, vary from culture to culture; in this regard, who is to say whose social construct is the valid one, and whose isn't? You bet ya, science does! Science is the discipline that deals with anatomy and the corresponding genetic constituents. You cannot separate anatomy from DNA. Science is the discipline that puts forth the challenge, i.e. via falsefiable material, and any one from any culture, should feel free to objectively disprove the matter at hand. So science isn't subject to cultural variation. It is the study of the natural world, understanding it, and adopting to such accordingly. And now, to the rest of your post... [i]Webster's Dictionary defines race as "a group of people of [b]common ancestry[/b] or stock". Descent is defined as 'derivation from an ancestor'.[/i] Please show us how, George Gill's 'divisions' of humans based on mere physical 'resemblance' fits this definition? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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