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- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Biological_Anthropology/EXPLORATIONS%3A_An_Open_Invitation_to_Biological_Anthropology_2e/13%3A_Race_and_Human_Variation/13.01%3A_Human_VariationRacial categories serve particular contextual purposes depending on the society they are used in, but generally follow the base logic of the supremacy of one type of human body over all others (orderi...Racial categories serve particular contextual purposes depending on the society they are used in, but generally follow the base logic of the supremacy of one type of human body over all others (ordering these human bodies in a hierarchical fashion).” Choosing which biological or nonbiological features to use when discussing race is always a social process (Omi and Winant 2014).
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Lake_Tahoe_Community_College/ANT-103%3A_Physical_Biological_Anthropology/13%3A_Race_and_Human_Variation/13.01%3A_The_Concept_of_RaceHumans exhibit biological diversity. Cognitively, humans also have a natural desire to categorize objects and other humans in order to make sense of the world around them. Since the birth of the disci...Humans exhibit biological diversity. Cognitively, humans also have a natural desire to categorize objects and other humans in order to make sense of the world around them. Since the birth of the discipline of biological anthropology, we have been interested in studying how humans vary biologically and what the sources of this variation are. Before we tackle these big problems, this first begs the question: Why should we study human diversity?
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Cosumnes_River_College/ANTH_374%3A_Birth_to_Death_-The_Anthropology_of_Primate_Culture_and_Behavior_(Fortunato)/01%3A_Introduction_to_Anthropology_Bioanth_Evolution_and_Primates/1.01%3A_Introduction_to_Biological_Anthropology/1.1.03%3A_What_is_Biological_AnthropologyStarting in the mid-1990s, human rights organizations began to investigate the incident as a war crime, and finally, in 2015, a team of forensic anthropologists were called upon to study the bones of ...Starting in the mid-1990s, human rights organizations began to investigate the incident as a war crime, and finally, in 2015, a team of forensic anthropologists were called upon to study the bones of the deceased and try to reconstruct what happened at El Mozote and how the victims died (Binford 2016).
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Fresno_City_College/ANTH_1%3A_Introduction_to_Biological_Anthropology_(Taylor)/01%3A_Introduction_to_Biological_Anthropology/1.01%3A_Introduction_to_Biological_Anthropology/1.1.03%3A_What_is_Biological_AnthropologyStarting in the mid-1990s, human rights organizations began to investigate the incident as a war crime, and finally, in 2015, a team of forensic anthropologists were called upon to study the bones of ...Starting in the mid-1990s, human rights organizations began to investigate the incident as a war crime, and finally, in 2015, a team of forensic anthropologists were called upon to study the bones of the deceased and try to reconstruct what happened at El Mozote and how the victims died (Binford 2016).
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Lake_Tahoe_Community_College/ANT-103%3A_Physical_Biological_Anthropology/01%3A_Introduction_to_Biological_Anthropology/1.03%3A_What_is_Biological_AnthropologyThe focus of this book is the anthropological subdiscipline of biological anthropology, which is the study of the human species from a biological perspective. Biological anthropology uses a scientific...The focus of this book is the anthropological subdiscipline of biological anthropology, which is the study of the human species from a biological perspective. Biological anthropology uses a scientific and evolutionary approach to answer many of the same questions all anthropologists are concerned with.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Fresno_City_College/ANTH-1%3A_Explorations_2nd_Edition/13%3A_Race_and_Human_Variation/13.01%3A_Human_VariationRacial categories serve particular contextual purposes depending on the society they are used in, but generally follow the base logic of the supremacy of one type of human body over all others (orderi...Racial categories serve particular contextual purposes depending on the society they are used in, but generally follow the base logic of the supremacy of one type of human body over all others (ordering these human bodies in a hierarchical fashion).” Choosing which biological or nonbiological features to use when discussing race is always a social process (Omi and Winant 2014).
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/HACC_Central_Pennsylvania's_Community_College/EXPLORATIONS%3A_An_Invitation_to_Biological_Anthropology_(Scheib)/01%3A_Introduction_to_Biological_Anthropology/1.03%3A_What_is_Biological_AnthropologyThe focus of this book is the anthropological subdiscipline of biological anthropology, which is the study of the human species from a biological perspective. Biological anthropology uses a scientific...The focus of this book is the anthropological subdiscipline of biological anthropology, which is the study of the human species from a biological perspective. Biological anthropology uses a scientific and evolutionary approach to answer many of the same questions all anthropologists are concerned with.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Biological_Anthropology/EXPLORATIONS%3A__An_Open_Invitation_to_Biological__Anthropology_1e/01%3A_Introduction_to_Biological_Anthropology/1.03%3A_What_is_Biological_AnthropologyStarting in the mid-1990s, human rights organizations began to investigate the incident as a war crime, and finally, in 2015, a team of forensic anthropologists were called upon to study the bones of ...Starting in the mid-1990s, human rights organizations began to investigate the incident as a war crime, and finally, in 2015, a team of forensic anthropologists were called upon to study the bones of the deceased and try to reconstruct what happened at El Mozote and how the victims died (Binford 2016).
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/HACC_Central_Pennsylvania's_Community_College/EXPLORATIONS%3A_An_Invitation_to_Biological_Anthropology_(Scheib)/13%3A_Race_and_Human_Variation/13.01%3A_The_Concept_of_RaceHumans exhibit biological diversity. Cognitively, humans also have a natural desire to categorize objects and other humans in order to make sense of the world around them. Since the birth of the disci...Humans exhibit biological diversity. Cognitively, humans also have a natural desire to categorize objects and other humans in order to make sense of the world around them. Since the birth of the discipline of biological anthropology, we have been interested in studying how humans vary biologically and what the sources of this variation are. Before we tackle these big problems, this first begs the question: Why should we study human diversity?
