Stephen Jay Gould Quote

I contend that the continued racial classification of Homo sapiens represents an outmoded approach to the general problem of differentiation within a species. In other words, I reject a racial classification of humans for the same reasons that I prefer not to divide into subspecies the prodigiously variable West Indian land snails that form the subject of my own research.


"Why We Should Not Name Human Races—A Biological View", p. 231 - Ever Since Darwin (1977)


I contend that the continued racial classification of Homo sapiens represents an outmoded approach to the general problem of differentiation within a ...

I contend that the continued racial classification of Homo sapiens represents an outmoded approach to the general problem of differentiation within a ...

I contend that the continued racial classification of Homo sapiens represents an outmoded approach to the general problem of differentiation within a ...

I contend that the continued racial classification of Homo sapiens represents an outmoded approach to the general problem of differentiation within a ...