Re: Perspectives on human diversity/races?

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In <vpaquin-2211950043550001@dynamicppp-24.hip.cam.org> vpaquin@cam.org
(Vincent Paquin) writes:

>
>I have to do a term paper in a class called "Biological and Cultural
>Interactions in Human Evolution", and I decided to focus on the history
>of the scientific study of races. I would like to get an overview of
>the different ways in which human diversity has been studied. I have
>already read several articles and books on the subject, but I was
>wondering if there was a recent article available that discussed this
>particular aspect.
>
>If anyone can suggest some readings to me, I would greatly appreciate
it.

Have you checked out any articles by Stanford's Luigi Cavallo-Sforza?
He had several articles in Scientific American a while back about the
relationship between the evolution of race and language. There's
probably more recent research if you do a search.

Miranda

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