Question

Write about the four major classification of races.

Answer 1

• Race is a biological grouping within the human species
• Most widely found human racial types are based on traits such as head shape, nose shape, eye shape and colour, skin colour, stature, blood groups etc.,
• The major world Human races are

1. Caucasoid: Fair skin and dark brown eyes, wavy hair and narrow nose. The Caucasoid are also found in Eurasia.
2. Negroid: Dark eyes, Black skin, Black wooly hair, wide nose, long head, and thick lips. They are living in different parts of Africa.
3. Mongoloids: Light yellow to brown skin, straight hair, flat face, broad head and medium nose. Such people are found in Asia and Arctic region.
4. Australoid: Wide nose, curly hair dark skin, and short in height. They are living in Australia and Asia.