ANTHROPOLOGIE

Volume 44/2, 2006, pp. 123-126

Štrkalj G.
The Study of Human Variation

This paper further develops an approach to the study of human biological variation which eliminates the race concept while preserving classificatory process. It is based on the assumption that infraspecific classification of the species Homo sapiens is possible only if it is made as a matter of convenience and defined by the aims of a particular study.

Homo sapiens – "Race" – Infraspecific classification – Artificial classification