Curt Fischer hu kiteb:

> Fabian wrote:
>> b hu kiteb:
>>
>>>> But I was obtusely pointing out that the whole concept of
>>>> race is kind of pointless nowadays
>>>
>>>
>>> well said. the defining characteristics of raciation cannot be
>>> applied to homo sapiens, as humans are too heterogenous.
>>> There is not enough coherence to define "races", unless you want to
>>> extend the word to physical characteristics such as the blond hair
>>> race, whatever... there are physical differences, "ethnic groups" if
>>> you like, but from a scientific point of view the concept of "race"
>>> doesn't hold.
>>
>>
>>  From a scientific point of view, the human race is one of the most
>> homogenous on the planet.
>
> How is that?

There was a big die-off amongst humanity around the time of the first 
ice-age, and as such humankind re-grew from a very small stock compared 
to most other animals around today.


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