Caucasoid

Caucasoid describes the racial classification of humans indigenous to an area roughly corresponding to Europe, North Africa, West Asia, South Asia and parts of Central Asia.

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The term Caucasoid is most used in discussions of human prehistory and in the forensic analysis of human remains.

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Caucasoid does not apply to contemporary or historic definitions of racial or social groups; please see Whites and Caucasian race for those. Use of Caucasoid in these contexts may be seen as assertion of an essentialist viewpoint that contemporary or historic racial differences are biologically determined, or may simply be an imprecise attempt to use a more scientific-sounding synonym for Caucasian.

Europe: :This article is about the continent. For other meanings, see Europe (disambiguation)....

North Africa: North Africa is a region generally considered to include:...

West Asia: REDIRECT Western Asia...