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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Cass/: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by xyyman: [qb] Cass. You are missing the fundamental point of my post(s). There is no race and there never was. When I started on this site I believe there were races. About mid-way I realize there is no race. The facts to that is overwhelming. What you call "Caucasoid" is a myth. There is no sharp demarcation between human populations . It is a continuum with the epicenter I believe being in the Sahara and NOT sub-Saharan Africa. Caucasoid features are found both North And South of the equator. "Negroid" features are found all over the planet including outside Africa. Africans do not own "blackness" same as Europeans has no ownership of "whiteness". Paleolithic Europeans were "negroid". Neolithic Europeans entered Europe as long headed tropically adapted humans. And the latest genetic and continuing evidence emerging shows these were black people. There is no race. Ancient Europeans up to about 5000BC were black people. The white genes came from new African migrants entering Europe. Isn't that ironic. Read the genetic papers. NOTHING CAME FROM THE NORTH. NADA! NOTHING! Don't you get that yet? [/qb][/QUOTE]Really depends how you define "race". There's multiple definitions and it usually gets into a semantic dispute. I gave up on one of the faulty race concepts year ago - that was the subspecies definition because its falsified by clines and lack of reproductive isolation between human populations because of gene flow. The fact though there is a generally smooth biological gradient across space (genetic distance is strongly correlated with geographical distance ~isolation-by-distance) doesn't prevent scientists dividing this continua for utility/operationalization ("operational taxonomic units" or "phylotypes"). So for example, one can clearly see two extremes in genetic/morphometric plots, so-called "Caucasoids" vs. "Negroids" even though they're not discontinuous. The focus of population geneticists however is local populations like ethnic groups, not "Caucasoids" or "Negroids" as larger clusters; the only reason I use these broad terms (but note for the past 4 years- I highlight them) is because this forum is obsessed with racial politics. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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