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Title: | The modern races of man in Africa |
Author: | Floyd, Barry N. |
Year: | 1971 |
Periodical: | The Nigerian Geographical Journal |
Volume: | 14 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 141-150 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subject: | racial classification |
Abstract: | Considers the contemporary picture of man in Africa since the appearance of Homo sapiens some 60,000 year ago. After a review of the different classificatory systems for race, the world's major races are identified (Caucasoid, Mongoloid, Congoid-Negroid, Australoid, Capoid-Bushmanoid) and their representatives in Africa are described: The Congoid (Negroid) race - the Caucasoid race - The Capoid race (Bushmen and Hottentots) - Mongoloid race. Ref., notes, figures. |