Indos - Indos

Japanese: インドース - いんどーす
Indos - Indos

...the phenomenon in which mixed-race children are produced as a result of marriage between people of different races or ethnicities.
[Physical anthropological perspective]
Mixing is not only a phenomenon of biological amalgamation, but also brings about a transformation of social traditions. The biological consequences of mixing have the following characteristics: (1) Breakdown of racial adaptation At least some of the racial characteristics are thought to be the result of selection of traits that are advantageous to the local environment, but these adaptive traits lose their distinctiveness through mixing.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Indos" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…異人種,異種族間の結婚によって混血児を生ずる現象。
[自然人類学の視角]
 混血は生物学的融合amalgamationの現象であるばかりでなく,同時に社会的伝統の変容をもたらすが,混血から起こりうる生物学的な結果には,つぎのような特徴がみられる。 (1)人種適応が破れること 人種特徴の少なくとも一部は,その地方の環境に有利な形質が選択の結果残ったものと考えられるが,このような適応形質が混血によって特色を失うわけである。…

※「インドース」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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