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Italian human geneticist (1941–2024) For the 16th-century Italian painter, see Albertino Piazza.

Alberto Piazza (18 October 1941 – 18 May 2024) was an Italian human geneticist who was Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Turin.

Biography

Born into a Jewish family in Turin, professor of Medical statistics at the University of Turin, professor of Genetics at the University of Naples, and professor of Human Genetics at the University of Turin.

A disciple of Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, in 2001 he published a monumental study concluding that the human races do not exist and that all humans belong to a unique species.

Piazza died on 18 May 2024, at the age of 82.

Works

  • (with Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza and Paolo Menozzi) The history and geography of human genes, Princeton University Press, 1994.

References

  1. ^ "Alberto PIAZZA" (in Italian). Turin: Accademia delle Scienze. 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. Bolino, Francesca (February 23, 2019). "Alberto Piazza "Quella volta a Evian dove abbiamo capito che la razza non esiste"". La Repubblica (in Italian). Rome: GEDI Gruppo Editoriale. Retrieved September 15, 2019. «Sono nato a Torino nel 1941 e appartengo a una famiglia ebraica.»
  3. Gianluca Sartori (May 20, 2024). "Muore a Torino Alberto Piazza, il genetista che demolì il concetto di «razza». Fu lui ad affermare che «il Dna italiano non esiste»". Turin: Il Corriere della Sera.
  4. "Morto il genetista Alberto Piazza, professore dell'Università di Torino: demolì il concetto di "razza"". notizie.virgilio.it (in Italian). 2024-05-21. Retrieved 2024-05-22.

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