Mongoloid

Also known as Mongolian race, yellow race, Asiatic race, Oriental race

Mongoloid () is an obsolete racial grouping of various peoples indigenous to large parts of Asia, the Americas, and some regions in Europe and Oceania. The term is derived from a now-disproven theory of biological race. In the past, other terms such as "Mongolian race", "yellow", "Asiatic" and "Oriental" have been used as synonyms.

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"Mongoloid" is an outdated term that was once used to categorize people from Asia, the Americas, and parts of Europe and Oceania based on supposed racial groupings. The term is no longer considered valid because it was based on a theory of biological race that has been scientifically disproven.

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History of the concept
Origins
In the context of scientific racism
Subraces according to Kroeber
Coon's ''Origin of Races''
Disproof by modern genetics
Current scientific consensus
Features
General appearance
Skull
Cold adaptation
Use in United States law
Use as a term for Down syndrome
See also
References
External links

The concept of dividing humans into the Mongoloid, Caucasoid, and Negroid races was introduced in the 1780s by members of the Göttingen school of history. It was further developed by Western scholars in the context of racist ideologies during the age of colonialism. With the rise of modern genetics, the concept of distinct human races in a biological sense has become obsolete. In 2019, the American Association of Biological Anthropologists stated: "The belief in 'races' as natural aspects of human biology, and the structures of inequality (racism) that emerge from such beliefs, are among the most damaging elements in the human experience both today and in the past."