Proto-Mongoloid Explained

Proto-Mongoloid is an outdated racial classification of human beings based on a now-disproven theory of biological race.[1] [2] [3] In anthropological theories of the 19th and 20th centuries, proto-Mongoloids were seen as the ancestors of the Mongoloid race.

Notable examples of fossils that were formerly thought to belong to the proto-Mongoloid group are found in Late Pleistocene (Upper Paleolithic) fossils, notably the Minatogawa skeletons and the Liujiang crania.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Templeton, A.. 2016. Evolution and Notions of Human Race. Losos, J.. Lenski, R. . How Evolution Shapes Our Lives: Essays on Biology and Society. 346–361. Princeton; Oxford. Princeton University Press. ... the answer to the question whether races exist in humans is clear and unambiguous: no.. 10.2307/j.ctv7h0s6j.26.
  2. Yu. Joon-Ho. Ifekwunigwe. Jayne O.. Harrell. Tanya M.. Bamshad. Michael J.. Royal. Charmaine D.. February 2017. Anthropologists' views on race, ancestry, and genetics. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 162. 2. 318–327. 10.1002/ajpa.23120. 27874171. Wagner. Jennifer K.. 5299519.
  3. Web site: American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Association of Physical Anthropologists. AAPA Statement on Race and Racism . American Association of Physical Anthropologists. 19 June 2020 . 27 March 2019 .
  4. Matt Cartmill, Fred H. Smith, The Human Lineage, John Wiley & Sons (2009), p. 449.

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