Of the following statements about attempts to assign humans to discrete racial categories,purportedly based on common ancestry,which is true?
A) They are applied to endogamous breeding populations.
B) They are based on genotypic rather than phenotypic characteristics.
C) They are based on global racial categories that vary little from one society to another.
D) They are a recent phenomenon brought on by globalization.
E) They are culturally arbitrary, even though most people assume they are based in biology.

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The attempts to assign humans to discrete racial categories are culturally arbitrary, even though most people assume they are based in biology. Studies have shown that there is more genetic variation within supposed racial categories than between them, and racial classification schemes vary widely across cultures and societies. Furthermore, the idea of race as a biological category has been discredited by modern genetics, which shows that genetic variation is continuous and does not correspond to discrete racial categories.

Of the Following Statements About Attempts to Assign Humans to Discrete