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Concept of race a social invention, research shows

There is fresh evidence that, ethnically speaking, you really can't judge a book by its cover: A new study has found that skin colour is a poor indication of ancestry.
Men and women who look like black Africans can carry genetic traits similar to those of white Europeans, according to a multipronged study carried out on Brazilian populations. Some of the lighter-skinned Brazilians showed more genetic evidence of African heritage than their darker-skinned counterparts.
The research, published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, adds to the growing body of science that says race is merely a social invention and, biologically, does not exist.