Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!taurus!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!news2.euro.net!216.196.110.149.MISMATCH!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news2.telebyte.nl!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: "Fabian" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan,sci.lang.japan Subject: Re: Asians have hijacked Japanese study Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 07:19:15 +0900 Organization: Venturas Lines: 34 Message-ID: <2ul6mlF2bk2csU1@uni-berlin.de> References: <41836fbb$0$25056$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <2uhcn9F2b4v8dU1@uni-berlin.de> <2uit00F2b8qlvU1@uni-berlin.de> <3z%gd.35952$E93.23651@clgrps12> <4184c52d$0$3585$8fcfb975@news.wanadoo.fr> <2ul43qF29o3n6U1@uni-berlin.de> <2ul4p5F2ammebU1@uni-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-2022-jp"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de YkdKFuTtjXxRn4EQ1ssnQwVZ69IUchY/E2NhfE53GTUVA43pQB X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:20547 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. -- -- Fabian Visit my website often and for long periods! http://www.lajzar.co.uk