The myth of human races

Index

INDEX -AAdaptive value, 79 Adenine, 170 Affirmative action, 133 Africanus, 17 Alaska Native, 134 Albinos, 176 Alleles, 105, 156-57 American Indian, 134 Americanus,17 Ancestry myths, 163-66 Anthropological: definition of race, 12; Society of France, 26 Aristotle, 35-36 Article Nine, 133 Aryan, 11,39 Ashkenazic Jews, 127 Asiaticus, 17 Autosomal chromosomes, 158 -BBaldness , 94-95 Binet, Alfred, 112 Biological: evolution, 75; example of races:, 144; inheritance, 40 Black: athletic genes, 50; disease, 128 Blood, 1; Aristotle's theory of heredity and, 35; carrier of heredity, 35; fractions, 35; groups, 104; disease and, 106; theory of inheritance, 2, 36-37; transfusions, 39 Body hair, 93-94 Boyd, William, 105 Brachycephalic, 24 Brain weight, 25 211 Breeding for traits, 19 Briggs School Segregation case, 41 Broca,Paul,26,28 Buffon,143 Buffon, Georges, 17 -cCancer , skin, 83-85, 187-88 Carver, George Washington, 53-54 Caucasians, 17 Cell division, 158-59 Chromosomes, 157-58, 170; autosomal, 158; maternal, 159; paternal, 159 Clark, W. E., 68 Constitutive skin color, 187 Cranial: height, 28-29; index, 24 Craniology, 24; brain weight, 25; Cleland, Paul, 28-29; cranial height, 28-29; cranial index, 24; elephant problem, 28; environmental factors, 26-27; female intelligence, 27-28; Morton, Samuel George, 25; skull shape, 24 Culture, 57 Cystic fibrosis, 128 Cytosine, 170 -DDarwin , Charles, 64 Davenport: Charles, 194; Gertrude, 194 Deoxyribonucleic acid. See DNA Deoxyribose, 170 212 Index Dermis, 181 Disease: cystic fibrosis, 128; ethnic groups, 126; Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 130-31; malaria, 129-30; sickle cell anemia, 128-30; Tay-Sachs, 127-28; Thalassemia, 130 DNA,170-72 Doctors, 55 Dolicocephalic,24 Douglass, Frederick, 52 -EEducation , 52 Egyptians, ancient, 17 Elephant problem, 28 Environmental influence, 150-51 Epicanthic fold, 46 Epidermis, 181 Ethiopians, 17 Ethnic, 126 Europeanus, 17 Evolution: biological, 75; homo erectus, 67-68; of man, 64; of Races, 117 Eye color, 97-99 -FFemale intelligence, 27-28 Fossil Evidencefor Human Evolution, 68 -GGene : black athletic, 50; environment and, 156-57; frequency, 105; pool, 105; theory, 2, 156 Genetic: definition of race, 12; makeup, 149-50 Genetics, 103, 155-56; alleles, 156-57; cell division, 158-59; change in gene frequency, 106; chromosomes, 15758 ; DNA, 170-72; gene theory, 156; proteins, 170-72; RNA, 171 Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 130-31 Guanine, 170 -HHair : baldness, 94-95; body, 93-94; color, 99-100 Half-breed, 39 Hemoglobin, 172 Heredity, 1; Aristotle's theory of blood and, 35 Herrnstein, Richard, 117 Hispanic, 134 Historical consciousness, 3 Homo erectus, 67-68 Homogeneity, 19 Homologous, 158 Hooton, Earnest Albert, 66 Human: races; theory of evolution, 62; skin, 181-83 -1Immigration Act, 116 Inbreeding, 19 Inheritance: biological, 40; culture and, 57; social, 40 Innate intelligence, 115 Intelligence: "blacks" vs. "whites", 116; biological groups, 120; classification of students, 119; development of, 115; development of IQ test, 112; environmental factors, 120; evolution of Races, 117; immigration, 116; innate, 115; Jensen, Arthur, 116; quotient. See IQ test; social class, 117; sociocultural influences, 114 Inventors, 53 IQ test, 112; classification of students, 119; cultural bias, 114; warnings, 112 -JJensen , Arthur, 116 Jews, 10-11; Tay-Sachs disease, 127 Just, Dr. Ernest E., 54-55 -KKeratinocytes , 184 -LLanguage , 56-57; Aryan, 11 Laplanders, 17 Laws a/Organic Life, The, 72 Linne, Carl von, 17, 142 Litarary abilities, 52 Literature, beginnings of American black,52 Locus, 158 Longheads, 24 -MMalaria , 129-30 Malays, 17 Mannerisms, 56-57 Maternal chromosomes, 159 Mead, Margaret, 119 Meiosis, 158 Melanin, 79-80, 180; albinos, 176; eye color, 97-98; formation, 180-91; hair color, 99-100; primary function, 183; skin cancer, 187-88; vitamin D formation, 85 Melanocytes, 182 Melanosomes, 183 Mesocephalic, 24 Mitosis, 158 Mixed races, 35 Mongolians, 17 Morphology, 143 Morton, Samuel George, 25 Mulatto, 35 Multiracial, 135 Index 213 Musical ability, 51 Mutation, 156, 172 -NNasal index, 92 Natural selection, 71-74 Nose: adaptive value, 93; types, 92 Nucleotide, 170 Nucleus, 157 -0Olympics , 1936,49 One-drop rule, 38-39 Origin 0/the Species, The, 72 Osteomalacia, 85-88 Owens, Jesse, 49 -pPaternal chromosomes, 159 Phlogiston of Anthropology,S Physical: appearance; athletic ability and, 49-51; education, 52; language, 56-57; musical ability, 51; characteristics, 2; adaptation, 79-80; apes and evolution, 67; baldness, 9495 ; body hair, 93-94; eye color, 9799 ; hair color, 99-100; IQ tests, 120; nose types, 92; skin color, 175-77; differences, 15-17; features linked to behavior, 2 Population genetics, 103 Purity of populations, 118...