Exam 11: Modern Human Diversity: Race and Racism

Given what we know about the adaptive significance of human skin color,and the fact that,until 800,000 years ago,hominids were exclusively creatures of the tropics,it is likely that lightly pigmented skins are quite an ancient development in human history.

How does the definition of race differ from biology to anthropology?

An individual seeking to remove the epicanthic fold in order to Occidentalize is seeking to do all of the following except:

Who was Ota Benga?

In 2010,the U.S.Congress passed the Fair Sentencing Act to address many years of unfair sentencing carried out in regards to the use of crack cocaine.This social injustice is an example of:

Pinto beans are known to provide some protection against malaria.

The physical extermination of one people by another is called:

Who said "most of what separates me genetically from a typical African or Eskimo also separates me genetically from another average American of European ancestry"?

At what point in the process of growth and development are human beings subject to distinction by environmental differences?

We can conclude the all of the following about human diversity except:

What is ethnic plastic surgery?

Over 200,000 South Koreans were put up for adoption since the 1960s.