Human Variation
You are talking with a friend about what classes you are taking this semester and when you mention you are taking a class on Human Variation and race in Anthropology, your classmate says “Wow! I bet you are going to learn how to see race in a skull! Isn’t cool how you can learn all about your race from your biology?”
Your task is to reply to your friend and explain why this notion of race is incorrect, based on what we have learned in the first unit. [ In a 2-3 page response, be sure to raise the history of creating the term “race” and racial classifications based on skulls, and the way that anthropology approaches a study of people.] Be sure to carefully cite all information from sources!
Reply to your friend and explain why this notion of race is incorrect, based on what we have learned in the first unit. In a 2-3 page response, be sure to raise the history of creating the term “race” and racial classifications based on skulls, and the way that anthropology approaches a study of people.
