 
 <prompt> How early scientists take classify different races? <response>: ```Di fes post-Classical wey dem publish wey classify humans into distinct races be François Bernier's Nouvelle division de la terre par les différents espèces ou races qui l'habitent ("New division of Earth by the different species or races which inhabit it"), wey dem publish for 1684. For di 18th century, di differences wey dey among human groups come be focus of scientific investigation. But di scientific classification of phenotypic variation dey frequently join with racist ideas about innate predispositions of different groups, always attributing di most desirable features to di White, European race and arranging di other races along a continuum of progressively undesirable attributes. Di 1735 classification of Carl Linnaeus, wey be inventor of zoological taxonomy, divide di human race Homo sapiens into continental varieties of europaeus, asiaticus, americanus, and afer, each associated with a different humour: sanguine, melancholic, choleric, and phlegmatic, respectively. Homo sapiens europaeus dey described as active, acute, and adventurous, whereas Homo sapiens afer dey said to be crafty, lazy, and careless.``` 