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J. Philippe Rushton

John Philippe Rushton (December 3, 1943 – October 2, 2012) was a Canadian psychologist and author. He taught at the University of Western Ontario and became known to the general public during the 1980s and 1990s for research on race and intelligence, race and crime, and other apparent racial variations. His book Race, Evolution, and Behavior (1995) is about the application of r/K selection theory to humans.

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Regardless of the extent to which the media promote "politically correct," but scientifically wrong, resolutions from professional societies such as the American Anthropological Association, facts remain facts and require appropriate scientific, not political or ideological, explanation. None of this should be construed as meaning that environmental factors play no part in individual and group differences. But with each passing year and each new study, the evidence for the genetic contribution to these differences becomes more firmly established than ever.

American, Correct, Differences, Media, Scientific, Years

Blacks in the Caribbean, Britain, Canada and sub-Saharan Africa as well as in the United States have low IQ scores relative to whites.

Africa, Canada, Lows, States, United, United States

I was born in Bournemouth, England, in 1943.

1943, Born, Bournemouth, England

We emigrated to South Africa and later to Canada so I went to school in several places.

Canada, Emigrated, School, Several, South

Those objecting to the concept of race argue that the taxonomic definitions are arbitrary and subjective.

Arbitrary, Argue, Definitions, Objecting, Race, Subjective

The mean pattern of educational and economic achievement within multi-racial countries such as Canada and the United States has increasingly been found to prove valid internationally.

Country, Economic, Educational, Found, Internationally, Mean

Nonetheless, much has been learned by studying the statistical differences between the various human races.

Differences, Race, Races, Study, Various

Each race (or variety) is characterized by a more or less distinct combination of inherited morphological, behavioral, physiological traits.

Combination, Inherited, Morphological, Physiological, Race, Traits

The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.

Crime, Differences, Educational, Race, Sports, Underlying

Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species.

Common, Conflicts, Ignores, People, Race, Tendency

I then moved to the University of Western Ontario where I was made a full professor in 1985.

1985, Gdp, Made, Ontario, Professor

On average, the Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese are more similar to each other and are different from Australians, Israelis and the Swedes, who in turn are similar to each other and are different from Nigerians, Kenyans, and Jamaicans.

Average, Chinese, Different, Japanese, Kenyans

A race is what zoologists term a variety or subdivision of a species.

Race, Species, Subdivision, Term, Zoologist