Is race a biological reality? Or is it a social construction? It is a debate that shows no sign of being resolved. The more that we know of the genetics of human differences, ironically, the more fractious the debate seems to get, and the more entrenched the various positions seem to be. The latest issue of the magazine American Scientist contains a review by the biologist Jan Sapp of two books that insist that race has no biological validity. Sapp agrees. ‘The […]

Categories: Race & Immigration, Science & Technology • Tags: anthropology, cavalli-sforza, ernst mayr, genetics, jerry coyne, jon entine, population genetics, race realism, racial categories, racial science, sally satel, scientific classification