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  2. Human physical appearance - Wikipedia

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    Human physical appearance. Human physical appearance is the outward phenotype or look of human beings. Image of a Caucasian female (left) and an Asian male (right) human body seen from front (upper) and back (lower). Adult human bodies photographed whose naturally-occurring pubic, body, and facial hair have been deliberately removed to show ...

  3. Race (human categorization) - Wikipedia

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    e. Race is a categorization of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into groups generally viewed as distinct within a given society. [1] The term came into common usage during the 16th century, when it was used to refer to groups of various kinds, including those characterized by close kinship relations. [2]

  4. Welsh people - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Welsh ( Welsh: Cymry) are an ethnic group native to Wales. [10] Wales is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. The majority of people living in Wales are British citizens. [11] In Wales, the Welsh language ( Welsh: Cymraeg) is protected by law. [12] Welsh remains the predominant language in many parts of Wales, particularly ...

  5. Mediterranean race - Wikipedia

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    Mediterranean race. The Mediterranean race (also Mediterranid race) is an obsolete racial classification of humans based on a now-disproven theory of biological race. [1] [2] [3] According to writers of the late 19th to mid-20th centuries it was a sub-race of the Caucasian race. [4]

  6. Race and genetics - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Researchers have investigated the relationship between race and genetics as part of efforts to understand how biology may or may not contribute to human racial categorization. Today, the consensus among scientists is that race is a social construct, and that using it as a proxy for genetic differences among populations is misleading.

  7. Human body - Wikipedia

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    The human body is composed of elements including hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, calcium and phosphorus. These elements reside in trillions of cells and non-cellular components of the body. The adult male body is about 60% water for a total water content of some 42 litres (9.2 imp gal; 11 US gal).

  8. Irish people - Wikipedia

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    Irish people (Irish: Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common ancestry, history and culture. There have been humans in Ireland for about 33,000 years, and it has been continually inhabited for more than 10,000 years (see Prehistoric Ireland ).

  9. Dutch people - Wikipedia

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    The first Dutch people to come to Canada were Dutch Americans among the United Empire Loyalists. The largest wave was in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when large numbers of Dutch helped settle the Canadian west. During this period significant numbers also settled in major cities like Toronto .