Re: Morphological and Genetic Races in Humans

["Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>]

Kyle Brudvik (krbrudvi@midway.uchicago.edu) wrote:

<Human beings are not divisible into races for the simple fact that no real 
dviding line can be
drawn or erected.  Though it appears on the surface that people around the 
world do indeed look
different and appear regionally distinct, this is not the case.  Though there 
might be some
isolated clans or populations (any examples?) in some remote regions around the 
world, the
insistance of pure racial types is bogus.>

I guess I should repeat myself:

  My use of races in man was not based on genetic isolation, or loss of 
interbreedability, but
simple morphological characteristics, which do, inarguably, exist between the 
major six types of
race in modern humans. That's the _only_ reason for retaining distinct races. 
There are some races
for which genetic isolation is also known. The San are one. The Akinu of Japan 
are another, an
example of one of the oldest races, along with the San. I could care less about 
genetic
breedability between populations at this point, I was _never_ under the 
impression that there was
any true genetic segregation going on.

  Let me give you an example: how many caucasians have a natural fold in the 
exterior eyelids? Or
a flat nasal (not saddle-shaped)? Or flat-fronted cheekbones? Or the heavy, 
sun-shading brow?
Think about these a little, please. I say this based on a very large sample 
size (the entire human
population). Also note that I do not confused "race" with "species."


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Jaime A. Headden

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