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seven races?

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"Peschel is most remembered for his book The Races of Man: and their geographical distribution (1876) which classifies man into seven races: Australoids, (Papuans), (Melanesians), Mongoloids, Dravidians, Bushmen (Capoids), Negroids and Mediterraneans (Caucasoids)." Hum. This is either ten races (the full list), or six races (those not in brackets - assuming that the bracketed names are either alternative designations or sub-groups). Paul B (talk) 17:14, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]