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'''Caucasoid''' was a [[word]] for a [[person]] from [[Europe]], [[West Asia]], [[South Asia]], [[Central Asia]], [[North Africa]], or the [[Horn of Africa]]. The group of these persons was called "Caucasoid race" or '''Caucasian race'''.<ref>The Races of Europe by Carlton Stevens Coon. From Chapter XI: The Mediterranean World - Introduction: "This third racial zone stretches from Spain across the Straits of Gibraltar to Morocco, and thence along the southern Mediterranean shores into Arabia, East Africa, Mesopotamia, and the Persian highlands; and across Afghanistan into India."</ref> In former times, many people divided [[human beings]] into three [[Historical definitions of race|races]]. These races were called ''Caucasoid'', ''[[Mongoloid]]'', and ''[[Negroid]]''. Today, scientists agree that there is only one human race. Modern [[Genetics|genetic]] research has shown that the idea of three races was wrong.<ref>{{cite web|author=American Association of Physical Anthropologists|title=AAPA Statement on Race and Racism |website=American Association of Physical Anthropologists|accessdate=19 June 2020 |date=27 March 2019 |url=https://physanth.org/about/position-statements/aapa-statement-race-and-racism-2019/}}</ref><ref name="Templeton2016">Templeton, A. (2016). EVOLUTION AND NOTIONS OF HUMAN RACE. In Losos J. & Lenski R. (Eds.), ''How Evolution Shapes Our Lives: Essays on Biology and Society'' (pp. 346-361). Princeton; Oxford: Princeton University Press. {{doi|10.2307/j.ctv7h0s6j.26}}. That this view reflects the consenus among American anthropologists is stated in: {{cite journal|last2=Yu|first2=Joon-Ho|last3=Ifekwunigwe|first3=Jayne O.|last4=Harrell|first4=Tanya M.|last5=Bamshad|first5=Michael J.|last6=Royal|first6=Charmaine D.|date=February 2017|title=Anthropologists' views on race, ancestry, and genetics|journal=American Journal of Physical Anthropology|volume=162|issue=2|pages=318–327|doi=10.1002/ajpa.23120|last1=Wagner|first1=Jennifer K.|pmid=27874171|pmc=5299519}}</ref>{{rp|360}}
'''Caucasoid''' was a [[word]] for a [[person]] from [[Europe]], [[West Asia]], [[South Asia]], [[Central Asia]], [[North Africa]], or the [[Horn of Africa]]. The group of these persons was called "Caucasoid race" or '''Caucasian race'''.<ref>The Races of Europe by Carlton Stevens Coon. From Chapter XI: The Mediterranean World - Introduction: "This third racial zone stretches from Spain across the Straits of Gibraltar to Morocco, and thence along the southern Mediterranean shores into Arabia, East Africa, Mesopotamia, and the Persian highlands; and across Afghanistan into India."</ref> In former times, many people divided [[human beings]] into three [[Historical definitions of race|races]]. These races were called ''Caucasoid'', ''[[Mongoloid]]'', and ''[[Negroid]]''. Today, scientists agree that there is only one human race. Modern [[Genetics|genetic]] research has shown that the idea of three races was wrong.<ref>{{cite web|author=American Association of Physical Anthropologists|title=AAPA Statement on Race and Racism |website=American Association of Physical Anthropologists|accessdate=19 June 2020 |date=27 March 2019 |url=https://physanth.org/about/position-statements/aapa-statement-race-and-racism-2019/}}</ref><ref name="Templeton2016">Templeton, A. (2016). EVOLUTION AND NOTIONS OF HUMAN RACE. In Losos J. & Lenski R. (Eds.), ''How Evolution Shapes Our Lives: Essays on Biology and Society'' (pp. 346-361). Princeton; Oxford: Princeton University Press. {{doi|10.2307/j.ctv7h0s6j.26}}. That this view reflects the consenus among American anthropologists is stated in: {{cite journal|last2=Yu|first2=Joon-Ho|last3=Ifekwunigwe|first3=Jayne O.|last4=Harrell|first4=Tanya M.|last5=Bamshad|first5=Michael J.|last6=Royal|first6=Charmaine D.|date=February 2017|title=Anthropologists' views on race, ancestry, and genetics|journal=American Journal of Physical Anthropology|volume=162|issue=2|pages=318–327|doi=10.1002/ajpa.23120|last1=Wagner|first1=Jennifer K.|pmid=27874171|pmc=5299519}}</ref>{{rp|360}}
German [[anthropologist]] [[Johann Friedrich Blumenbach]] (1752 – 1840) invented the name ''Caucasian race'' because he saw a connection to the [[Caucasus Mountains]].
German [[anthropologist]] [[Johann Friedrich Blumenbach]] (1752 – 1840) invented the name ''Caucasian race'' because he saw a connection to the [[Caucasus Mountains]].
Caucasian populated region
Majority in North America, South America, Europe, Australia, West Asia, North Africa and Pakistan.
35% of Indian population are Caucasian who are pure Caucasian. A small population of Caucasian population in India are mixed Caucasian and most mainly pure Caucasian.
Regions by Caucasian poulation
South India= 20%,
East India= 35%
North India=70%
West India= 45%
and whole of India=35% Caucasian.
In the [[United States]], [[white people]] are often called "Caucasian". But the "Caucasian race" included people with a skin from white to dark brown.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u9QKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA265|title=The Anthropological Treatises of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach ...|last1=Blumenbach|first1=Johann Friedrich|last2=Bendyshe|first2=Thomas|last3=Marx|first3=Karl Friedrich Heinrich|last4=Flourens|first4=Pierre|last5=Wagner|first5=Rudolph|last6=Hunter|first6=John|date=1865|publisher=Anthropological Society|isbn=9780878211241|language=en}}</ref>
In the [[United States]], [[white people]] are often called "Caucasian". But the "Caucasian race" included people with a skin from white to dark brown.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u9QKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA265|title=The Anthropological Treatises of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach ...|last1=Blumenbach|first1=Johann Friedrich|last2=Bendyshe|first2=Thomas|last3=Marx|first3=Karl Friedrich Heinrich|last4=Flourens|first4=Pierre|last5=Wagner|first5=Rudolph|last6=Hunter|first6=John|date=1865|publisher=Anthropological Society|isbn=9780878211241|language=en}}</ref>
[[Category:Scientific racism]]
[[Category:Scientific racism]]
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