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Ethnic and Racial Classifications - YAML

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.

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