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How do you explain the origin of the various human races scientifically?
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:44 am
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:44 am
You got Europeans, Middle-easterns, Indian, Native Americans, South Americans, Far Eastern, Mongolians, Aboriginals and Africans, etc. These groups while human are so different. If we had been evolving for so long wouldn't there be a dominant race by now or at least much more uniformity? It just seems strange that there are so many different races of one species and they are so different in appearance. How do we explain this scientifically? (The same could said for dogs and other species but I wanted to hear the answer for humans.)
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Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:45 am to rebeloke
Why are there so many different kind of fish? Dogs? Cats?
Dumb thread is dumb.
Dumb thread is dumb.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:45 am to rebeloke
Its really not that hard, but I will let others explain.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:46 am to rebeloke
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You got Europeans, Middle-easterns, Indian, Native Americans, South Americans, Far Eastern, Mongolians, Aboriginals and Africans, etc. These groups while human are so different. If we had been evolving for so long wouldn't there be a dominant race by now or at least much more uniformity? It just seems strange that there are so many different races of one species and they are so different in appearance. How do we explain this scientifically? (The same could said for dogs and other species but I wanted to hear the answer for humans.)
See race as different breeds, like for dogs.
Instead of humans controlling how a dog looks, consider the environment and hooking up with what you find attractive being what determines what breed your kids will be.
This post was edited on 8/19/14 at 10:48 am
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:46 am to rebeloke
quote:No, they're not.
These groups while human are so different.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:46 am to rebeloke
some were left out in the sun longer than others
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:46 am to rebeloke
quote:all from Mongolians.
Native Americans, South Americans, Far Eastern, Mongolians
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:47 am to rebeloke
Time+mutations+climatic differences+travel+crossbreeding-Mongols
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:48 am to rebeloke
Short answer: Vitamin D
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:48 am to rebeloke
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Europeans, Middle-easterns, Indian, Native Americans, South Americans, Far Eastern, Mongolians, Aboriginals and Africans, etc
There are only 3 different "races": Mongoloid, Caucasoid, and Negroid.
And the answer to your question is: Evolution.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:49 am to rebeloke
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:50 am to rebeloke
Don't know...however,
Jews have the highest intelligent quotient out of all races followed by Indian.
Caucasian makes the setpoint at 100
Not doing the rest lol (IQ is subjective)...saw this on the science channel a while back
Jews have the highest intelligent quotient out of all races followed by Indian.
Caucasian makes the setpoint at 100
Not doing the rest lol (IQ is subjective)...saw this on the science channel a while back
This post was edited on 8/19/14 at 10:51 am
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:51 am to rebeloke
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If we had been evolving for so long wouldn't there be a dominant race by now or at least much more uniformity?
you say this but in the past like 400 years or so, we have seen one race emerge (the latino/hispanic race)
it doesn't take THAT long
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:54 am to rebeloke
I believe that the explanation can be traced back to the Bible, and Noah's three sons: Ham, Shem, and Japheth. I think I spelled their names correctly, but anyway. If I remember correctly, Ham is the father of the African nation, Japheth is the father of the Caucasian/European nation, and Shem is the father of the Asian nation.
All races/nationalities can be traced to these three men. Native Americans originally came from Asia, so they are the descendants of Shem. Hispanic/Latino peoples of Central and South America are a mixture of Asian/European, being descendants of indigenous Americans and Spanish/Portuguese.
So that's how the races came to be, from the three sons of Noah. Because, Noah and his family were the only surviving humans after the Great Flood, so they repopulated the Earth. I know everyone will not agree with this, but this is what I believe. I hope it helped answer your question!
All races/nationalities can be traced to these three men. Native Americans originally came from Asia, so they are the descendants of Shem. Hispanic/Latino peoples of Central and South America are a mixture of Asian/European, being descendants of indigenous Americans and Spanish/Portuguese.
So that's how the races came to be, from the three sons of Noah. Because, Noah and his family were the only surviving humans after the Great Flood, so they repopulated the Earth. I know everyone will not agree with this, but this is what I believe. I hope it helped answer your question!
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:54 am to rebeloke
Dogs have been bred to foster variously different traits (compared to the original "wolf" appearance). Human have predominantly bred within their own race.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:57 am to rebeloke
Adaptations to the different enviromental factors that each faced.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:03 am to rebeloke
One day there will be only one race and everyone will be a darker shade of beige.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:09 am to rebeloke
Lolop
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:09 am to rebeloke
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Hattiesburg, MS
Not surprising.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:14 am to rebeloke
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If we had been evolving for so long wouldn't there be a dominant race by now or at least much more uniformity? It just seems strange that there are so many different races of one species and they are so different in appearance.
Don't get too hung up on appearance. We're really not that different at all.
Two randomly chosen Koreans may be genetically as different as a Korean and an Italian. Any ethnic group contains 85% of the human genetic diversity of the world. Genetic data shows that no matter how population groups are defined, two people from the same population group are about as different from each other as two people from any two different population groups.
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