Caucasoid

Examples

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• Caucasian doesn't necessarily mean white; thus, the reason there are sub-categories within the Caucasoid classification.

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• Because of his Caucasoid features, Kennewick Man received even more attention than usual, especially since photographs of a facial reconstruction were widely published along with the news reports.

  Academic text (2000)

• Caucasoid, however, is not the same as Caucasian.

  Academic text (2000)

• The media further complicated matters by employing the terms "Caucasian" and "Caucasoid" interchangeably for the remains.

  Academic text (2006)

• For much of the twentieth century, schools taught that there were three races: Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid.

  Academic text (1995)

• Given the apparent age of the bones, the stone projectile point, the artifacts, and the Caucasoid features, he at first thought he might be dealing with the skeleton of a nineteenth-century pioneer.

  Academic text (2000)

• Arabs have similarly shaped skulls to Europeans, but within the classification of Caucasoid, Europeans and Arabs belong to different sub-classifications.

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• Also, there is no race that can be denoted "Indian," because India is peopled by almost all the major racial classifications - Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negritoid - and everything in between.

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• Anthropologists often refer to the ancient populations of Europe as Caucasoid due to their physical characteristics.

• Recent studies explore how the Caucasoid classification is applied in modern genetic research.

Synonyms

C

Caucasian

vsCaucasoid

79 5.6

Relating to white people from Europe and their family origins

is an older anthropological label for a formerly classified racial group

Compounds

C

Caucasoid race

• Slur

9.9

An old word now seen as offensive for people with light skin from Europe, North Africa, or Southwest Asia

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology