Capstone Paper
Title: Neanderthal: The ‘New’ Race
Elevator Pitch: Race
is a burdensome word when used in relation to human populations. Despite the pain and negative connotations attached
to the word Race it is a permanent part of our lexicon. However culture induced
semantic shift in the past has changed the word race over time and the old definition
has been proven false. By inducing a
controlled narrowing of the word Race the lexical field that surrounds Race
will also be changed. In this way our
cultural worldview will also change.
Biological race, as we know, is invalid when referring
to modern populations since it has been proven that Homo Sapiens Sapiens are
genetically more similar that they are different. Through the research presented here I will
show Homo Sapiens Neandertalensis are in fact the one population that fits the
biological definition of race.
Theory/Model: The
theoretical framework for the semantic shift of the word ‘Race’ will be the
Lexical Field theory. To prove that Homo
Sapiens Neandertalensis are the only Homo Sapiens that fit the definition of
race the Out of Africa African hybridization-and-replacement model will be
used.
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