Racial identification in the context of prehistoric-historic biological continua: Examples from South Asia

The practice of ‘racial palaeontology’ disappeared 50 years ago with the fall of the biological race concept in systematics and population genetics. However, certain ethnic minorities claim close biological affinities with extinct (sometimes Pleistocene) populations. Forensic anthropologists may be...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Social science & medicine (1982) 1992, Vol.34 (2), p.119-123
Hauptverfasser:	Kennedy, Kenneth A.R., Chiment, John
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anthropology Anthropology, Physical - methods Anthropology. Demography Archaeology Asia, Western Biological and medical sciences Biological Evolution Cephalometry - methods Continental Population Groups - classification Continental Population Groups - genetics Data Interpretation, Statistical Databases, Factual Ethnic groups Extinct races Forensic anthropology forensic anthropology racial identification South Asia Forensic Medicine - methods Forensic sciences Genetics, Population Human physiology applied to population studies and life conditions. Human ecophysiology Humans Medical sciences Paleontology - methods Race racial identification Relationship South Asia
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Zusammenfassung:	The practice of ‘racial palaeontology’ disappeared 50 years ago with the fall of the biological race concept in systematics and population genetics. However, certain ethnic minorities claim close biological affinities with extinct (sometimes Pleistocene) populations. Forensic anthropologists may be involved in this issue through analyses of prehistoric and modern populations in circumstances where a biological continuum may exist. Skeletal evidence from South Asia is discussed.
ISSN:	0277-9536 1873-5347
DOI:	10.1016/0277-9536(92)90088-8