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What are Caucasians?

Updated: 4/25/2024
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"Caucasian" is a scientific name for white people. The traditional terms for the different races divided them into three groups: Caucasians (whites), Negroids (blacks) and Mongoloids (Asians).

Some would argue that three main categories is not sufficient to classify the racial diversity of humanity. A newer model, developed by a man named Carleton S. Coon, split humans into five races: Caucasoid, Congoid, Capoid, Mongoloid, and Australoid.

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Caucasians are a broad group of people typically characterized by light skin, originating from the Caucasus region in Europe and Asia. The term is often used to describe individuals of European descent.

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