Q: But isn’t race “just skin deep”? Don’t most scientists now agree that race is a social construct, not a biological reality? A: Biological evidence shows that race is not a social construct. Coroners in crime labs can identify race from a skeleton or even just the skull. They can identify race from blood, hair, or semen as well. To deny the existence of race is unscientific and unrealistic. Race is much more than “just skin deep.

Culture wars’ are really undeclared ’gene wars.

Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people’s tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species.

Each race (or variety) is characterized by a more or less distinct combination of inherited morphological, behavioral, physiological traits.

The mean pattern of educational and economic achievement within multi-racial countries such as Canada and the United States has increasingly been found to prove valid internationally.

The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.

Nonetheless, much has been learned by studying the statistical differences between the various human races.

Of course, individuals vary greatly within each racial group and should be treated as such.

Race differences show up early in life.

Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species.