Re: [escepticos] (2) Estudios con razas (JM Bello y Daneel Olivaw)

["Jose M. Bello Dieguez" <jmbello@...>]

Os pongo la referencia de un texto que discute la validez científica del
concepto "raza":     http://amren.com/rushton.htm

Para abrir boca, "pasteo" el principio del texto en cuestión:



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Professor Phillippe Rushton of the University of Western Ontario has released
the following statement on race, in response to attempts to
discredit the very concept of race and to argue that race "has no validity as
a biological concept when applied to man." We are pleased to
make a copy of this important statement available to our readers.

                     STATEMENT ON RACE AS A BIOLOGICAL CONCEPT

                                                 J. Philippe Rushton

                                                 (November 4, 1996)

Discussion of "race" shows little sign of diminishing, despite efforts to
deconstruct the concept. Deconstructing the concept of race not only
conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories
according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists
studying non-human species. Ever since 1758, when the Swedish naturalist
Carolus Linnaeus created the classification system still used in
biology today, most zoologists have recognized at least the four human
subdivisions Linnaeus delineated: Asians, American Indians,
Europeans, and Africans. (Technically, some would group the first two Linnaean
subdivisions together, thus yielding three major races, often
termed, mongoloids, caucasoids, and negroids.) Such high-level classifications
do not rule out making finer, hierarchical subdivisions within
these major groups.

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Saludos,

JM

PS: cuidado con la bomba ;-)