Race

It is difficult to give a precise definition of race. Man is one of most variable tool-making animals, and each man is a distinct individual, differing in greater or lesser degree from each of his fellows. But just as all men have sufficient general resemblance to be classified as human, to a lesser degree, certain groups of man have enough characteristics in common to be classed, somewhat arbitrarily, as races.

In the opinion of Kroeber, ‘A race is a valid biological concept; a breed of genetic strain or sub species. It is not a valid socio-cultural concept’. In the opinion of

J.B. Birdsell, ‘A race is an interbreeding group whose gene pool is different from other populations.’ Haddon considers ‘Race as a biological breed based on a combination of physical traits which are transmitted.’