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ERIC Number: EJ541876
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-7642
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Science and Race.
Marks, Jonathan
American Behavioral Scientist, v40 n2 p123-33 Nov-Dec 1996
States unequivocally that the classification of humans into races has no validity within the discipline of biology. Maintains that such classification is strictly cultural and any attempt to discern differences in cognitive or other abilities among populations must confront the limits of scientific knowledge. (MJP)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Biology, Cultural Pluralism, Higher Education, Misconceptions, Multicultural Education, Race, Racial Discrimination, Racial Factors, Racial Identification, Science and Society, Scientific Literacy, Social Values, Sociobiology
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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