Why Is It Important to Understand That Human Racial Categories

question 20

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to understand that human racial categories are based upon perceptions of phenotypic features and not on genotypes?

• A)Because racial categories are internationally standardized
• B)Because race is socially constructed, not biologically determined
• C)Because race should be determined by skeletal measurements, especially cranial capacity
• D)Because genealogies cannot be used in the study of human kinship
• E)Because racial genotypes are more accurate

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Definitions:

Cephalic

Relating to or located on the head.

Brachial

Pertaining to the arm, specifically the area of the upper arm close to the shoulder.

Femoral

Relating to the femur or thigh, the largest and strongest bone in the human body.

Common Iliac

Referring to the two large arteries that originate from the abdominal aorta and supply blood to the pelvic region, lower abdominal wall, and legs.