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( Leipzig, 1885-1890 ) shows the "Caucasian race" (in blue) as comprising " Aryan s", " Semites " and " Hamites ". "Aryans" are further sub-divided into "European Aryans" and "Indo-Aryans" (the latter corresponding to the group now designated Indo-Iranians ).]] girl (1881 photograph).]] The Caucasian race, sometimes the '''Caucasoid race''',The as "relating to a broad division of humankind covering peoples from Europe , the Middle East , and parts of Central Asia , North Africa and South Asia " or " White-skinned ; of European origin" or "relating to the region of the Caucasus in SE Europe ".http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/caucasian?view=uk The concept's existence is based on the now disputed typological method of racial classification.O'Neil, Dennis. "Biological Anthropology Terms." 2006. May 13, 2007. Palomar College. {Link without Title} http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/first/gill.html Does Race Exist? A proponent's perspective by George W. Gill. In Europe, especially in Russia and nearby, ''Caucasian'' usually describes ''exclusively'' people who are from the Caucasus region or speak the Caucasian Languages . ORIGINS OF THE TERM The term ''Caucasian'' originated as one of the racial categories recognized by 19th century .Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, The anthropological treatises of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, translated by Thomas Bendyshe. 1865. November 2, 2006. {Link without Title} Blumenbach writes: ''Caucasian variety - I have taken the name of this variety from Mount Caucasus, both because its neighborhood, and especially its southern slope, produces the most beautiful race of men, I mean the Georgian ; and because all physiological reasons converge to this, that in that region, if anywhere, it seems we ought with the greatest probability to place the autochthones (birth place) of mankind''.Blumenbach , ''De generis humani varietate nativa'' (3rd ed. 1795), trans. Bendyshe (1865). Quoted e.g. in Arthur Keith, ''Blumenbach's Centenary'', ''Man'', Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1940). The Caucasus was historically an area of fascination for Europeans; imprisoned many Titans who opposed him (e.g. Prometheus ) there. PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY ) divides "Caucasiod types" into: Nordic , Dinaric , Mediterranean , Alpine , East Baltic , Turks , Bedouins , Afghan .]] History The Caucasian race has a long history in anthropology. 19th century anthropologists stopped using the term Caucasian race in favor of the term "European".http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd03/nd03_med_data_changes.html Physical characteristics In 2003, the term "''Caucasoid race''" is a term used in Physical Anthropology to refer to people of a certain range of Anthropometric measurements Reinhard, K.J., & Hastings, D. (Annual 2003) Learning from the ancestors: the value of skeletal study.(study of ancestors of Omaha Tribe of Nebraska). In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, p177(1).. The 2007 Encyclopedia Britannica characterizes the Caucasoid race as having light skin color, biochemical similarities and a variability in hair and eye colors.Encyclopedia Britannica Online. "Europe the people." 2007. August 23, 2007.[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-34574/Europe] University of College Cork chair of anatomy and physiology, M. A. MacConaill,University of College Cork. Department of Anatomy. 2007. September 5, 2007. [http://www.ucc.ie/ucc/depts/anat/] describes Caucasoids as being "''native to Europe... having light skin and eyes, narrow noses, and thin lips. Their hair is usually straight or wavy''".M. A. MacConaill. The Last Two Million Years: Reader's Digest History of Man. Readers Digest. 1981. ISBN 0895770180 Caucasoids are said to have the lowest degree of projection of the alveolar bones which contain the teeth, a notable size prominence of the cranium and forehead region, and a projection of the midfacial region. UNITED STATES In the United States , '' Caucasian '' has been mainly a distinction, based on Skin Color , for a group commonly called '' White American s'', as defined by the government and Census Bureau .Painter, p. Between 1917 and 1965 , immigration to the USA was restricted by "national origins quota". The Supreme Court in '' United States V. Bhagat Singh Thind '' (1923) decided High Caste Aryan Punjabis were not "free white men" as they are not genetically White. The decision was based on the intention of the lawmakers and the difference between European and Asiatic stock a common man recognized.http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5076 NOTES REFERENCES LITERATURE
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