Genes, culture, and scientific racism

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 121(48)

Published: Nov. 18, 2024

Quantitative studies of cultural evolution and gene-culture coevolution (henceforth “CE” “GCC”) emerged in the 1970s, aftermath “race intelligence quotient (IQ)” “human sociobiology” debates, as a counter to extreme hereditarian positions. These incorporated transmission its interaction with genetics contributing patterns human variation. Neither CE nor GCC results were consistent racist claims ubiquitous genetic differences between socially defined races. We summarize how data refute notion racial substructure for populations address naive interpretations race across biological sciences, including those related ancestry, health, intelligence, that help perpetuate ideas. A perspective can reductionist determinist while providing more inclusive multidisciplinary framework which interpret

Language: Английский

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Evolution Education and Outreach, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 18(1)

Published: March 21, 2025

Language: Английский

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The American Journal of Human Genetics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 111(10), P. 2107 - 2116

Published: Sept. 9, 2024

Language: Английский