Article
Forensic anthropology and the concept of race: if races don't exist, why are forensic anthropologists so good at identifying them?
Social science & medicine (1982) - 1 Jan 1992
Sauer N J
Abstract excerpt
Most anthropologists have abandoned the concept of race as a research tool and as a valid representation of human biological diversity. Yet, race identification continues to be one of the central foci of forensic anthropological casework and research. It is maintained in this paper that the successful assignment of race to a skeletal specimen is not a vindication of the race concept, but rather a prediction that...
Topics
- Anthropology, Physical
- Databases, Factual
- Forensic Medicine
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Racial Groups
- Skeleton