2006-07-09 02:07:41 · 19 answers · asked by brklynusa 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
We all come from the same ancestral stock, but we have mutated to coexsist with our respective environments.
Looks like
White/Caucasiod
Black/*******
Asian
Indian/Eskimo (subset of asians)
The following are *NOT* races
Jew
"hispanic"
2006-07-09 02:21:50 · answer #1 · answered by ceprn 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some anthropologists have argued that there are only four or five main races and everything else is a subset of those. The answer to your question depends on how you define the word "race."
Here is one website I found dealing with the definition and categories of race. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(historical_definitions) I have only skimmed over it. It offers a history of how race was defined. It doesn't look comprehensive, but it is a starting point with a list of sources at the end.
2006-07-09 09:19:52 · answer #2 · answered by Racheal B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a good question. I believe that there are over one hundred sub races. We were all one race at one point. Some have either died off or intermixed with other races, like the Anglos and the Saxons.
2006-07-09 09:12:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One
2006-07-09 09:11:23 · answer #4 · answered by catnap 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One
2006-07-09 09:11:04 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As I understand it, anthropology is moving away (at least cultural anthropology) from the concept of race altogether. There are no "races," only traits.
2006-07-09 19:59:24 · answer #6 · answered by Janiffer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One. We're all of the human race.
2006-07-09 09:10:44 · answer #7 · answered by T Time 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with those who answered "one." That one race is human.
2006-07-10 00:53:28 · answer #8 · answered by Qchan05 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man-kind is one race.
2006-07-09 09:16:19 · answer #9 · answered by III 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Terry,
If we are going to survive, we had all better wake up and figure out that there is only ONE human race. Our divisions are imagined. Believe it.
2006-07-09 09:20:39 · answer #10 · answered by Will O' the Wisp 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋