Anthropology
From Bones to the Human Genome
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9752603 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James E Bowman (Departments of Pathology and Medicine and is senior scholar for the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 568 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 140-153 |
| Publication date | 2000-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716200568001011 |
| OpenAlex | W4233647370 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
Race is an interminable subject of controversy. Nevertheless, people do differ and once were classified on the basis of skin color. With the advent of genetic markers, and more recently DNA differences, with myriad intragroup variability, many geneticists view race as an anachronism. Unfortunately, prejudice permeates human classifications. In the United States, a black mother cannot have a white baby, but a white mother can have a black baby. An African American could be in one of 40 categories in Brazil; in South Africa be classified black, coloured, or white; but in the Middle East be perceived as a member of a local population. In the early 1970s, African Americans were selectively tested for sickle hemoglobin and discriminated against in sports, employment, and health and life insurance as a result of misinformation distributed by the federal government and African American community programs. The Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (supported by the U.S. Department of Energy) was recently sued for selectively testing African Americans for sickle hemoglobin and syphilis
Biological anthropology · Biological evolution · Biology · Ethnic group · Evolutionary biology · Gene · Genealogy · Genome · Geography · Hominidae · Human genome · Misinformation · Political science · Population · Race (biology · Racism · Sociology · White (mutation · Anthropology · Demography · Gender Studies · Genetics · History · Law · Race, Genetics, and Society
Caucasian Genes in American Negroes
The Truly Disadvantaged
Genetic Screening Programs and Public Policy
Brain‐size, grey matter and race —fact or fiction
Genetic and environmental determinants of skin color
The Negroes of Charleston (S. C.); a study of hemoglobin types, serology, and morphology
When Work Disappears
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |