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Richard Lewontin

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In 1972, geneticist Richard Lewontin published a study analyzing protein-type variation across human populations and reported that about 85% of genetic variation occurred within populations and 'races' and about 15% of variation occurred between them.
January 01, 1972 high temporal
Lewontin's 1972 partitioning of genetic variation is widely cited in discussions about the biological basis of race.