Feel free to use these references to improve any of the 6,814,454 articles on Wikipedia that the references fit. I have been updating this list of references from time to time since 2010, when I became a Wikipedian. I will keep adding to this list for years to include not only references I have found through reading scholarly articles and monographs since 1989, but also references found by the many Wikipedians who edit articles about anthropology, human biology, race, and related subjects. Enjoy. And feel free to tell me about yet more references on the Suggestions page (the talk page for this Anthropology, human biology, and race citations bibliography); I will verify the references and do the typing to put them in citation format. I encourage my fellow Wikipedians to read these sources and to comment about them. To help editors find particularly useful sources more rapidly, this page now links to another user page with quotations related to human genetics from some (but by no means all) of the better sources on that topic.
Molecular genetics has revolutionized study of these topics, and it takes careful work by subject matter experts to compile reliable sources about these topics. Please post your kind suggestions for additional sources on the talk page for this bibliography.
I rate sources along two dimensions: 1) with class icons, to show how likely they are to provide new information and thoughtful perspective even for Wikipedians who are familiar with the literature in this subject, and 2) with Rx symbols, "yes" checkmarks ( ), or "no" crossmarks ( ), to show my estimate of whether the source is reliable for editing article text on Wikipedia. Along dimension 1, very useful sources that are not to be missed by readers interested in the topic are marked with the featured article star (), good sources that even readers familiar with the topic can learn from are marked with the good article plus mark (), A-class sources with the A-class letter (), B-class sources with the B-class letter (), C-class sources with the C-class letter (), barely useful sources with the start-class icon (), and minor sources for fine points with the stub icon (). The templates for these symbols are updated by other editors from time to time and may not look today the way they looked when I put the templates into this bibliography. Along dimension 2, a Rx symbol indicates a source that is mostly a reliable source of medical-article quality, a "yes" green check symbol ( ) indicates a source that is mostly a reliable source for most statements it contains, and a "no" red x ( ) symbol indicates a source that is unreliable for some statements it contains. A source can receive both a checkmark and a crossmark if it contains a mixture of statements, some of which are reliably referenced and some of which are unreliably referenced to that source (depending on the nature of the source and on the nature of the statements). The source ratings particularly keep in mind the general Wikipedia content guideline on reliable sources and the specific Wikipedia essays on identifying reliable sources in natural science, identifying reliable sources in medicine, and identifying reliable sources about history. And of course sources without a source rating are just sources I haven't had time to rate yet.
In the subsections on more specific topics below, the numerical order of sources is the "read this first" order for rapid acquaintance with some of the best literature on the subtopic. The first-listed books lay down a conceptual foundation that helps with understanding and remembering more technical details in other books, and evaluating the sources they rely on.
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Please feel free to tell me about yet more references on the Suggestions page for this citations list.
Below in this section I'll provide a summary list of some of the very best monographs on this subject, including classic works that set the agenda for research on this subject, in reverse chronological order (newest books listed first). The subpage on books and other monographs includes all of these books and many more, including some I haven't had time to rate yet. The books listed immediately below I have read or will read from cover to cover. I plan to keep them at hand in my office for reference as I continue research on this subject both on and off Wikipedia.
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Book chapters from edited books (monographs) about scholarly topics are often very good sources for Wikipedia articles. By contrast, scientific journal articles are often primary—and unreplicated—sources for the factual statements they contain, and thus are not reliable sources for editing Wikipedia articles. I take care in this bibliography to refer mostly, although not exclusively, to book chapters and journal articles that are of the "review article" nature, suitable to be medically reliable sources. The list below includes some of the best review articles and chapters from authoritative handbooks on human genetics, with the most recently published sources listed first.
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(help)The massive efforts to study the human genome in detail have produced extraordinary amounts of genetic data. Although we still fail to understand the molecular bases of most complex traits, including many common diseases, we now have a clearer idea of the degree of genetic resemblance between humans and other primate species. We also know that humans are genetically very close to each other, indeed more than any other primates, that most of our genetic diversity is accounted for by individual differences within populations, and that only a small fraction of the species' genetic variance falls between populations and geographic groups thereof.
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(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Perhaps we could be more explicit about the social or cultural concepts of race. Certainly we can teach the nonexistence of race in the classroom and do our best to clarify the use of races in forensic anthropology. At least, however, let us not fall into the trap of accepting races as valid biologically discrete categories because we use them so often.– via ScienceDirect (Subscription may be required or content may be available in libraries.)
In an attempt to get at the facts, UNESCO brought together in 1951 a group of 14 distinguished anthropologists and geneticists to formulate a Statement on Race; they included Professors Dobzhansky, Haldane, and Zuckerman, to mention only three. Their conclusions were that 'available scientific knowledge provides no basis for believing that the groups of mankind differ in their innate capacity for intellectual and emotional development' and 'there is no evidence that race mixture produces disadvantagous results from a biological point of view'. In spite of the conclusions of such eminent men, a journal called Mankind Quarterly, published in Edinburgh, appeared in July, 1960, which seemed to set out to try and disprove such statements.
Some researchers on these topics have the kind habit of posting most of their peer-reviewed, published papers on the Web.
I now list shorter works such as journal articles and book chapters in a separate subpage on journal articles and book chapters.
Please feel free to tell me about yet more references on the Suggestions page for this citations list.
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"Race: About". United States Census Bureau: Topics. United States Census Bureau. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2014. The Census Bureau collects racial data in accordance with guidelines provided by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and these data are based on self-identification.
The racial categories included in the census questionnaire generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country and not an attempt to define race biologically, anthropologically, or genetically. In addition, it is recognized that the categories of the race item include racial and national origin or sociocultural groups.
The race categories included in the census questionnaire general reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country and are not an attempt to define race biologically, anthropologically, or genetically. In addition, it is recognized that the categories of the race question include race and national origin or sociocultural groups.
I now list most webpages on this subject in a separate subpage on World Wide Web resources.
Please feel free to tell me about yet more references on the Suggestions page for this citations list.
Below in this section I'll provide a summary list of some of the very best webpages or sites on this subject, with some categorization. The subpage on Web resources includes many more sites, including some I haven't had time to rate yet.
I've set up a Suggestions Page (a talk page) attached to this bibliography page, and have moved the previous kind suggestions there. You are welcome to make other comments and suggestions. Thanks for your help. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk) 15:00, 29 August 2010 (UTC)