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ISSUES - Evolution, Human Migration, Race and Science


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  • A Mixed Blog: Health & Medicine

    Afro-European Genetic Admixture in the United States
    by Frank W. Sweet (The Multiracial Activist)
    http://www.multiracial.com/readers/sweet.html (September-November 2004)

    Race holds little importance in biology, genetics
    by Dinesh Ramde (The Daily Cardinal)
    http://www.dailycardinal.com/news/2004/04/19/News/Race-Holds.Little.Importance.In.Biology.Genetics-664038.shtml (April 19, 2004)

    Letter to the Editor: Defining Race, a Thorny Issue
    by Robert Schwartz, M.D. (The New York Times)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/13/opinion/L13RACE.html (July 13, 2003)

    Foreseeable Consequences of Recent Changes in the One-Drop Rule
    by Frank W. Sweet (INTERRACIAL VOICE)
    http://www.interracialvoice.com/sweet16.html (July/August 2003)

    Genes generate a map: Study tracks human evolution, migration
    by Carl T. Hall (San Francisco Chronicle)
    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f ile=/c/a/2003/06/09/MN52597.DTL (June 9, 2003)

    Molecular Anthropology and the "Race" Notion
    by Frank W. Sweet (INTERRACIAL VOICE)
    http://interracialvoice.com/sweet14.html (March/April 2003)

    A Paler Shade of Black
    by Linda Beckerman, Ph.D. (The Multiracial Activist)
    http://www.multiracial.com/readers/beckerman.html (December 2002/January 2003)

    For Sale: A DNA Test to Measure Racial Mix
    by Nicholas Wade (The New York Times)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/01/health/genetics/01RACE.html (October 1, 2002)

    Biologically Speaking, Race Doesn't Exist
    by Radley Balko (The Abolitionist Examiner)
    http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/word/balko2.html (August/September 2002)

    The Biological Case Against Race
    by Joseph L. Graves, Jr. (American Outlook)
    http://www.americanoutlook.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article_detail&id=1685 (Spring 2002)

    Interview: History in a Cell
    by Katie Bacon (The Atlantic Monthly)
    http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/interviews/int2002-04-26.htm (April 26, 2002)

    Japan Rediscovers Its Korean Past
    by Howard W. French (The New York Times)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/11/international/asia/11JAPA.html (March 11, 2002)

    Interview with Charles Mann: The Pristine Myth
    (The Atlantic Monthly)
    http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/interviews/int2002-03-07.htm (March 7, 2002)

    Man left Africa three times
    by John Whitfield (Nature News Service)
    http://www.nature.com/nsu/020304/020304-7.html (March 7, 2002)

    Early humans migrated and interbred: DNA study
    (CBC News)
    http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/03/07/humanorigin020307 (March 7, 2002)

    Our Species Mated With Other Human Species, Study Says
    by Hillary Mayell (National Geographic News)
    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/03/0306_0306_outofafrica.html (March 6, 2002)

    Explorer from China who 'beat Columbus to America'
    by Elizabeth Grice (The Telegraph)
    http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/04/nexp04.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/03/04/ixhome.html (March 4, 2002)

    Kenosha dig points to Europe as origin of first Americans
    by John Fauber (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
    http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/mar02/24849.asp (March 4, 2002)

    Debunking the Bell Curve: a Book Review of, "Race and Intelligence: Separating Science From Myth," by Jefferson M. Fish (Ed.)
    Reviewed by Francis Wardle, Ph.D. (INTERRACIAL VOICE)
    http://interracialvoice.com/wardle3.html (March/April 2002)

    A Personal Commentary on Race, History, and Spirituality
    by Michael J. Dahl (INTERRACIAL VOICE)
    http://www.interracialvoice.com/dahl.html (March/April 2002)

    Where Did White Folks Come From?
    by Frank W. Sweet (INTERRACIAL VOICE)
    http://www.interracialvoice.com/sweet7.html (March/April 2002)

    Biologically Speaking, Race Doesn't Exist
    by Radley Balko (FOXNews.com)
    http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,43298,00.html (January 17, 2002)

    Earliest Americans Seen as More Diverse
    by Guy Gugliotta (The Washington Post)
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7235-2001Jul30.html (July 31, 2001)

    Fossils Suggest Earliest Human Ancestor: 11 Bones in Ethiopia Paint Picture of 5.5 Million-Year-Old Creature
    by Guy Gugliotta (The Washington Post)
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A47640-2001Jul11 (July 12, 2001)

    DNA may offer clue to identity of iceman
    by Cathy Brown (The Seattle Times/Associated Press)
    http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=iceman14&date=20010614 (June 14, 2001)

    DNA Study of Unearthed Ancient Man
    by Cathy Brown (The Washington Post/Associated Press)
    http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/states/ak/A59238-2001Jun13.html (June 13, 2001)

    Roots — Deep Ones: The perils of looking into American prehistory.
    by John J. Miller (National Review)
    http://www.nationalreview.com/weekend/anthropology/anthropology-millerprint060901.html (June 9-10, 2001)

    Seeking the Parents of Us All: Projects that compare DNA from thousands of living people suggest everyone is descended from one African group
    by Robert Lee Hotz (The Los Angeles Times)
    http://www.latimes.com/news/science/science/20010528/t000044705.html (May 28, 2001)

    Europe's Seven Eves
    by Ken Wiwa (Globe and Mail)
    http://globaltv.workopolis.com/servlet/News/qprinter/20010526/FC26FRON (May 26, 2001)

    DNA Shows Black Genes in White Britons
    (Reuters)
    http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010519/sc/science_britain_black_dc_1.html (May 19, 2001)

    Racial Profiling in Medical Research
    by Robert S. Schwartz, M.D. (New England Journal of Medicine)
    http://www.nejm.org/content/2001/0344/0018/1392.asp (May 3, 2001)

    Small Tribe Founded Europe
    (Wired News/Associated Press)
    http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,43231,00.html (April 23, 2001)

    Skull May Alter Experts' View of Human Descent's Branches
    by John Noble Wilford (The New York Times)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/22/science/22SKUL.html (March 22, 2001)

    The Genetic Archaeology of Race
    by Steve Olson (The Atlantic Monthly)
    http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2001/04/olson-p1.htm (April 2001)

    Building Blocks of Humanity
    by Jack Kemp (TownHall.com)
    http://www.townhall.com/columnists/jackkemp/jk20010221.shtml (February 21, 2001)

    Race and the Human Genome
    by Kim Hohman (About.com Race Relations)
    http://racerelations.about.com/newsissues/racerelations/library/weekly/aa021501a.htm (February 15, 2001)

    Genetically alike, yet so different: Scientists unveil detailed analysis of human genome
    by Todd Ackerman (The Houston Chronicle)
    http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/821463 (February 13, 2001)

    Race gene does not exist, say scientists
    by Eric Sorenson (The Seattle Times)
    http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=race11m&date=20010211 (February 11, 2001)

    The Biology of Skin Color: Black and White
    by Gina Kirchweger (Discover)
    http://www.discover.com/feb_01/featbiology.html (February 2001)

    Scientific Evidence Reveals We Are All Family
    by Salim Muwakkil (Common Dreams)
    http://www.commondreams.org/views/121800-101.htm (December 18, 2000)

    Genetic study roots humans in Africa
    by Dr. David Whitehouse (BBC)
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1058000/1058484.stm (December 6, 2000)

    Scientists Rough Out Humanity's 50,000-Year-Old Story
    by Nicholas Wade (New York Times)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/14/science/14ORIG.html?printpage=yes (November 14, 2000)

    Genome project proves there's just one race, expert says
    by Bill Snyder (The Tennessean)
    http://www.tennessean.com/local/00506350.shtml?Element_ID=506350 (October 27, 2000)

    Federal judge reactivates suit over Kennewick Man
    (Court TV/Associated Press)
    http://www.courttv.com/national/2000/1026/kennewick_ap.html (October 26, 2000)

    America's Worst Idea
    By Orlando Patterson (The New York Times)
    http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/10/22/reviews/001022.22pattert.html (October 22, 2000)

    A Question of Race
    by Willow Lawson (ABCNEWS.com)
    http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/race_kennewick001006.html (October 6, 2000)

    A Four-Letter Word Called "Race"
    by Dr. C. Loring Brace (The Abolitionist Examiner)
    http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/word/brace.html (October/November 2000)

    Race: Is It A Valid Issue?
    by Jonathan Morrow (The Abolitionist Examiner)
    http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/word/morrow.html (October/November 2000)

    How Do We Inherit Our Skin Color?
    by Lawrence R. Tenzer (The Multiracial Activist)
    http://www.multiracial.com/readers/tenzer2.html (October/November 2000)

    Interior Dept. Opts to Give Ancient Skeleton to Indians
    (The Washington Post/Associated Press)
    http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17331-2000Sep26.html (September 26, 2000)

    Kennewick Decision: Babbitt Says 9,000-Year-Old Skeleton Belongs to Five Tribes
    (ABCNews.com/Associated Press)
    http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/kennewick_decision000925.html (September 25, 2000)

    Eliminate "Race" -- Rebuttal to Steve Sailor Essays
    by George Winkel (INTERRACIAL VOICE)
    http://www.webcom.com/~intvoice/gwinkel7.html (September/October 2000)

    Do Races Differ? Not Really, DNA Shows
    by Natalie Angier (The New York Times)
    http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/082200sci-genetics-race.html (August 22, 2000)

    We're All Cherry Cupcakes
    by Kathleen Fuller (The Abolitionist Examiner)
    http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/word/fuller.html (August/September 2000)

    Diversity, Not Divisiveness
    by Kathleen Fuller (The Abolitionist Examiner)
    http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/word/fuller2.html (August/September 2000)

    21 Arguments for Abolishing Racial Classification
    by Yehudi O. Webster (The Abolitionist Examiner)
    http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/word/webster2.html (June/July 2000)

    DNA's double helix builds a bridge to Africa
    by Jill Nelson (MSNBC)
    http://www.msnbc.com/news/410977.asp (May 25, 2000)

    'Kennewick Man' DNA in Doubt
    by John Fleck (Albuquerque Journal)
    http://www.abqjournal.com/scitech/26029scitech05-08-00.htm (May 8, 2000)

    Race: Anthropologists say divisions were made by man
    by Walter Lee Dozier (The Gazette)
    http://www.gazette.net/200018/frederickcty/state/10106-1.html (May 4, 2000)

    The Human Family Tree: 10 Adams and 18 Eves
    by Nicholas Wade (The New York Times)
    http://www10.nytimes.com/library/national/science/050200sci-genetics-evolution.html (May 2, 2000)

    "Race" In The Third Millenium
    by George Winkel (The Abolitionist Examiner)
    http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/word/winkel2.html (April/May 2000)

    Melting pot cooking 20,000 years ago
    by Ulysses Torassa (San Francisco Examiner)
    http://examiner.com/000221/0221origins.html (February 21, 2000)

    The Voice of Bones
    by Doug Peacock (Outside Magazine)
    http://www.outsidemag.com/magazine/200002/200002bones1.html (February 2000)

    The Diffusionists Have Landed
    by Marc K. Stengel (The Atlantic Monthly)
    http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/01/001stengel.htm (January 2000)

    An ancient man's bones of contention
    by Brad Knickerbocker (The Christian Science Monitor)
    http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1999/10/21/p1s5.htm (October 21, 1999)

    Free Kennewick Man
    (IntellectualCapital.com)
    http://www.intellectualcapital.com/issues/issue304/item6590.asp (September 23, 1999)

    'Race' is a crude category at best
    by Laurent Belsie (Christian Science Monitor)
    http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1999/07/28/p4s2.htm (July 28, 1999)

    We're All The Same
    by Lee Dye (ABC News)
    http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DyeHard/dye72.html (September 16, 1998)

    The Medicalization of Race: Scientific Legitimization of a Flawed Social Construct
    by Ritchie Witzig (Annals of Internal Medicine)
    http://www.acponline.org/journals/annals/15oct96/medrace.htm (October 15, 1996)

    Close-up: Scientists reject the traditional notion of races
    by Robert S. Boyd (The Seattle Times)

    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/extra/browse/html/altgene_100996.html (October 9, 1996)

    The Mummies of Xinjiang
    by Evan Hadingham (Discover)
    http://208.245.156.153/archive/output.cfm?ID=353 (April 1994)



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