CONCLUDING REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN

Abstract

Previous speakers in the symposium have set the stage for the detailed analysis of racial traits, by outlining the broad picture of man's origin and early development, and of the population units in which he now finds himself. The present phase of the symposium deals with the frequency, extent and genetic determination of various specific characters which may be of racial significance. It is hoped that the three papers presented today, as well as those to be presented during the ensuing two days, may offer the anthropologist and others some first hand information on the actual working materials of the student of human heredity, and on the serious difficulties which handicap field studies in human genetics.