One of the most important anthropological overviews of European racial types ever published.
Although some of its conclusions have since been eclipsed by DNA studies, this work remains a standard in racial typology.
Harvard professor of anthropology, Carleton S. Coon, concluded that:
- The white race is of dual origin consisting of Upper Paleolithic (mixture of sapiens and neanderthals) types and Mediterranean (purely sapiens) types;
- The Upper Paleolithic peoples are the truly indigenous peoples of Europe;
- The Mediterraneans invaded Europe in large numbers during the Neolithic period;
- When reduced Upper Paleolithic survivors and Mediterraneans mix, a process of "dinarization" occurs which produces a hybrid with non-intermediate features, epitomized by the Dinaric race.
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One of the most important anthropological overviews of European racial types ever published.
Although some of its conclusions have since been eclipsed by DNA studies, this work remains a standard in racial typology.
Harvard professor of anthropology, Carleton S. Coon, concluded that:
- The white race is of dual origin consisting of Upper Paleolithic (mixture of sapiens and neanderthals) types and Mediterranean (purely sapiens) types;
- The Upper Paleolithic peoples are the truly indigenous peoples of Europe;
- The Mediterraneans invaded Europe in large numbers during the Neolithic period;
- When reduced Upper Paleolithic survivors and Mediterraneans mix, a process of "dinarization" occurs which produces a hybrid with non-intermediate features, epitomized by the Dinaric race.