Racial categories capture only 7% of human genetic variation

Evidence

Overall, traditional racial categories capture only about 7% of the total genetic variation in our species, which reveals that races are nothing like the subspecies found in chimpanzees. — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success, 315

Categorization

• CANDY: A crisp, tweetable number: human ‘races’ account for only about 7% of genetic variation — a snappy conversation fact.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 315
• XREF: connects to: Residence norms measurably shape patterns of human genetic variation — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 311; Genetic differences within racial groups exceed differences between groups — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The…, 1179; Human genome sequencing showed race has no genetic basis — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The…, 1177 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Genetic differences within racial groups exceed differences between groups #corroborates (0.95) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1179
• Human genome sequencing showed race has no genetic basis #corroborates (0.82) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1177
• Commercial DNA ancestry tests reify continental race categories as fixed biogeographical types #complicates (0.80)
• Ancient notions of race as biology do not match reality #corroborates (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 901