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How would you list the RACES of the world?

Asked by Yellowdog (12216points) March 2nd, 2019

So there is no actual division by skin color or ethnicity. Ear lobes and blood types and DNA are better indicators.

But to classify the human race into ethnicities is more problematic than it seems at first. For instance, there are at least three Asian ethnoi (roughly Chinese, Japanese, and Indian— with Koreans similar to Chinese and Inuit, and Polynesians with characteristics of Japanese)— and even Europeans could be classified as Nordic, Baltic/Slavic, Germanic, Celtic, Alpine, Mediterranean—

There could be classified as many as four types of Native Americans, if Aluit / Inuit and South American / Mexican were among them.

But maybe I’m over thinking the categories. Maybe there are only five to seven classifications, broadly speaking. And very few ‘pure’ examples as there is much overlap and cross-pollination in every culture and in every person.

I used to think in terms of Asian, European, African, Polynesian, Native American, and Middle Eastern.

What do you consider to be the main categories?

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