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The American Psychological Association has said that while there are differences in average IQ between racial groups, and there is no conclusive evidence for environmental explanations, " there is certainly no empirical support for a genetic interpretation ," and no adequate explanation for the racial IQ gap is presently available.

The position of the American Anthropological Association is that intelligence cannot be biologically determined by race.

According to a 1996 statement from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, although heredity influences behavior in individuals, it does not affect the ability of a population to function in any social setting, all peoples " possess equal biological ability to assimilate any human culture " and " racist political doctrines find no foundation in scientific knowledge concerning modern or past human populations.