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Index/People/Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 – 1840)

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Dec 9, 2025
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How do demographers define and classify 'Caucasian' versus other racial categories?

Demographers treat "Caucasian" inconsistently: historically it named a supposed biological race covering Europe, parts of Asia and North Africa (Blumenbach's schema), but modern official definitions e...

Feb 2, 2026

How do European countries define and categorize Caucasian populations?

European countries do not share a single, consistent legal or administrative definition of “”; the term survives as a mix of , loose public usage, and ad hoc labels in research and policing, even as s...

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