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Present on account of chief human race groups identified in the world. | UP PCS Optional Geography Mains Paper 1 2019



Question.

 Present on account of chief human race groups identified in the world.
( UPPSC, UP PCS, 2019, 15 Marks) 
विश्व में पहचाने गये प्रमुख मानव प्रजाति समूह का विवरण दीजिये ।


Answer.


The human race is biological features inherited from a parent and it transfers from generation to generation.
The human race can be divided based on skin color, eye color, facial expression, hair color, hair type, and skull.

As per American anthropologist, Carleton S. Coon, humanity can be divided into fives races:
  • Caucasoid ( white race)
  • Negroid( black race)
  • Capoid(bushmen)
  • Mongoloid ( yellow race or Oriental race)
  • Australoid
Human Race Groups in the world
Human Race Groups in the world



Caucasoid:
Regions :

  • Europe, Central Asia, middle Asia, South Asia, and North Africa.
Physical features:

  • Eye Color blue/dark brown
  • Redis white to brown skin color
  • Long Height
  • Broad Face
  • Hair is brown 




Negroid:
Region:

  • Negroid people live in sub-Saharan Africa. 
This is the third-largest race after Caucasoid and Mongoloid.
Physical Features: 

  • Black Curly hair,
  • Black skin,
  • The nose is usually Low





Capoid:
Region:

  • Areas around the Kalahari desert of Africa.
Physical Features:

  • Golden Brown Skin color




Mongoloid:
Region:

  • Magnolia, China, northeast India, Southeast Asia, and America.

Physical Features:

  • Yellow to Redis skin color
  • Short or Medium Height
  • Small Eyes


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