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The "contemporary synthesis": when politically inclusive genomic science relies on biological notions of race.
Isis; an international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences - 1 Dec 2014
Fullwiley Duana
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This essay outlines the emergence of a contemporary synthesis regarding racial thinking in genetic science and in society more broadly. A departure from what Julian Huxley in 1942 termed the "modern synthesis," the contemporary version does not purport to leave race thinking behind in favor of evolution, population genetics, and population-based accounts of natural selection and human diversity. Specifically, the...
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