[quote]Nikhil Rao wrote:
newbatman wrote:
everything you said was incorrect…
Really. Guess I wasted all that time getting a graduate degree in human evolution and was taught and have spoken with many of the people who’ve done these ‘wrong’ studies.
and the studies you referred to were ridiculous media pleasers…
Back that up. I’ve read thousands of pages on the subject, been educated by some of the most prominent human evolutionary biologists in the world, and talked with many more.
the differences you spoke of are all cultural and environmental…
Really, so the environment and culture of being a lifelong nerd predisposed me to be a lean 180 5’10 before I ever touched a weight? lol
Environment and culture are the sole determinants of fiber type distribution, muscle attachment and insertion points, and skeletal robusticity?
Environment and culture are the sole reason that northern europeans are much less likely to be lactose intolerant?
anyone with any genetics or biology understanding knows that no gene is linked to any other gene and this is really the end of all arguements on racial differences OR EVEN RACE BEING LINKED SKIN / DERMAL / HAIR PHENOTYPE
I did not talk specifically about race. But if your’e going to tell me that someone from the Savannah like the Maasai had identical evolutionary pressures placed on them as my tropical forest-dwelling and military-bred ancestors then you have got to be kidding me.
I am not talking about issues of race but of evolutionary pressures placed on people in certain living environments. A jungle-living african had the same evolutionary pressures placed on them as a jungle-living indian. Which is one of the reasons descendants of both of these groups are classic mesomorphs. A savannah living individual from Africa has similar pressures placed on them as a native american in the arid climates of north america. And they have similar body types.
That is what I’m talking about. It’s called convergent evolution. This is real basic stuff here.
As for no gene being linked to any other gene are you serious? Really? That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. Because any basic genetics course spends a good deal of time talking about genetic linkages.
I guess all mtDNA studies are garbage too. Obviously broad groups like ‘black’ or ‘asian’ or ‘white’ are too inclusive and muddy. Anyone with the most basic understanding of evolution could tell you that, because within europe there’s a range of different climates and ecologies, same for asia and africa. But the idea that different groups, with relatively limited genetic flow, exposed to different environmental and evolutionary pressures, woudl not show significant genetic differences at the population level is more retarded than anything else I’ve read in this thread.
Our evolution is shaped by our environment. People who evolved in different areas will have different adaptations.[/quote]
once you started talking about people being bred you made yourself look like a fool…
but to save you from propaganda:
RULE NUMBER 1: skin color and dermal / hair combinations are not linked to other genes and differences amongst the the human family are present in all gene pools globally