The Epic Interactive Encyclopedia 1997/The_Epic_Interactive_Encyclopedia_97.iso/r/race/infotext

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In anthropology, term sometimes applied to a
physically distinctive group of people, on
the basis of difference from other groups in
skin colour, head shape, hair type, and
physique. Formerly anthropologists divided
the human race into three hypothetical racial
groups: Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid.
However, scientific studies have failed to
indicate any absolute confirmation of genetic
racial divisions. Many anthropologists today
thus completely reject the concept of race,
and social scientists tend to prefer the term
ethnic group (see ethnicity).