The Human Traits That Have Most Often Been Cited as Indicators

question 65

Multiple Choice

The human traits that have most often been cited as indicators of 'race' are 'nonconcordant,' meaning that:

• A) they are phenotypic.
• B) they always appear in particular groupings or patterns.
• C) they do not co-appear in stable patterns within 'racial' populations.
• D) they are expressions of multiple genes.
• E) people do not agree which traits are associated with which races.

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