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Ethnic and Racial Classifications - CSV

Ethnic and Racial Classifications refers to traditional anthropological race classification systems used from the 18th to 20th centuries. Originating from German anatomist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach's five-race classification, major categories including Caucasoid (White), Mongoloid (Yellow), and Negroid (Black) were established. Modern genetics and anthropology have rejected the scientific basis of these classifications, understanding race not as a biological reality but as a socially and culturally constructed concept. However, this classification system remains valuable to understand in historical and cultural contexts.

anthropology race ethnicity history Blumenbach biological anthropology

code,slug,name,description,alternativeNames,geographicDistribution,historicalSubgroups
01,caucasoid,Caucasoid,"Traditional racial classification distributed in Europe, West Asia, North Africa, and India.","[""Caucasian"",""White race"",""Europid""]","[""Europe"",""West Asia"",""North Africa"",""Indian subcontinent""]","[""Nordic"",""Mediterranean"",""Alpine"",""Dinaric"",""Armenoid""]"
02,mongoloid,Mongoloid,"Traditional racial classification distributed in East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Americas, and Arctic regions.","[""Mongolian race"",""Yellow race"",""Asian race""]","[""East Asia"",""Southeast Asia"",""North and South America"",""Arctic regions""]","[""Northern Mongoloid"",""Southeast Asian type"",""Indigenous American type"",""Arctic type""]"
03,negroid,Negroid,Traditional racial classification distributed in sub-Saharan Africa.,"[""Black race"",""African race"",""Ethiopian race""]","[""Sub-Saharan Africa"",""Oceania (partial)""]","[""African Negroid"",""Nilotic"",""Negrillo (Pygmy)"",""Oceanic Negroid""]"
04,australoid,Australoid,"Traditional racial classification distributed among Australian Aboriginal peoples, Melanesia, and Papua New Guinea.","[""Australian race"",""Brown race""]","[""Australia"",""Melanesia"",""Papua New Guinea""]","[""Australian Aboriginal peoples"",""Melanesians"",""Papuans""]"
05,capoid,Capoid,Traditional racial classification distributed among Khoisan peoples of Southern Africa.,"[""Khoisan race"",""Capoid race""]","[""Southern Africa"",""Botswana"",""Namibia""]","[""Khoikhoi (Hottentot)"",""San (Bushman)""]"
06,amerindian,Amerindian,Traditional racial classification distributed among Indigenous peoples of the Americas.,"[""Native American"",""American Indian"",""American type""]","[""North America"",""Central America"",""South America""]","[""Na-Dene peoples"",""Alaska Natives"",""Andean Indigenous peoples"",""Amazonian Indigenous peoples""]"
07,african-ancestry,African Ancestry,Modern geographical and cultural classification referring to people of African continental origin.,"[""People of African descent"",""African descent""]","[""African continent"",""North America"",""South America"",""Caribbean region"",""Europe""]","[""West African"",""East African"",""Central African"",""Southern African""]"
08,asian-ancestry,Asian Ancestry,Modern geographical and cultural classification referring to people of Asian continental origin.,"[""People of Asian descent"",""Asian descent""]","[""East Asia"",""Southeast Asia"",""South Asia"",""Central Asia""]","[""East Asian"",""Southeast Asian"",""South Asian"",""Central Asian""]"
09,european-ancestry,European Ancestry,Modern geographical and cultural classification referring to people of European continental origin.,"[""People of European descent"",""White (social classification)""]","[""Europe"",""North America"",""South America"",""Australia"",""New Zealand"",""South Africa""]","[""Northern European"",""Western European"",""Eastern European"",""Southern European""]"
10,middle-eastern-ancestry,Middle Eastern Ancestry,"Modern geographical and cultural classification referring to people of Middle Eastern, West Asian, and North African origin.","[""West Asian"",""Middle Eastern and North African (MENA)""]","[""Middle East"",""West Asia"",""North Africa""]","[""Arab"",""Persian"",""Turkic"",""Kurdish""]"