開普敦人種
開普敦人種，是一位人类学家Carleton S. Coon 在1962年提出，用于形容开普敦与卡拉哈里沙漠的原住民，他们是黑色人种中的特殊分类。[1][2]
这是因为他们膚色偏黄，有蒙古褶，与班图人很不同，所以有人提议用開普敦人種称呼他们。[1]最近基因研究撒哈拉以南民族也与他们有关。最近有人认为他们与第一批走出非洲的智人有关。
参考文献
- ^ 1.0 1.1 The Origin of Races (1962)
- ^ Moore, Ruth Evolution (Life Nature Library) New York:1962 Time, Inc. Chapter 8: "The Emergence of Modern Homo Sapiens" Page 173--First page of picture section "Man and His Genes": The Capoid race is identified as one of the five major races of mankind, along with the Mongoloid, Negroid, Caucasoid, and Australoid races (pictures of a person typical of each race are shown)
