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HUMAN RACES 'Brown or Malay breed Dark-colored, curly hair, high forehead, short and sometimes crushed nose, very large mouth, somewhat protruding upper jaw, beautiful shapes, complex and medium stature'. Original caption drawn up according to the nineteenth-century concept of 'race', which although it remains in the common language is considered scientifically overcome in the late following century, and better defined by the term considered even more politically correct than 'ethnicity' or 'phenotype', depending on the context. Detail from table V, 'Overview of all the races of the globe and their style of dressing', from 'La Geografia at a glance', Lithograph Corbetta, Milan,1853.
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HUMAN RACES 'Brown or Malay breed Dark-colored, curly hair, high forehead, short and sometimes crushed nose, very large mouth, somewhat protruding upper jaw, beautiful shapes, complex and medium stature'. Original caption drawn up according to the nineteenth-century concept of 'race', which although it remains in the common language is considered scientifically overcome in the late following century, and better defined by the term considered even more politically correct than 'ethnicity' or 'phenotype', depending on the context. Detail from table V, 'Overview of all the races of the globe and their style of dressing', from 'La Geografia at a glance', Lithograph Corbetta, Milan, 1853.