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Gorilla
12-08-2005, 01:22 AM
Anyone ever heard the arguments that 'race does not exist', and the 'science says so' spiel? What would happen if one substituted (with other appropriate substitutions) the word 'race', for 'intelligence' (notwithstanding the concept of 'race' often attacked is usually a strawman/misrepresentation).

Bearing that in mind, take a look at this link: http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/kman/the_idea_of_race.htm

(LOL@ the spelling mistake in the title :p)

daisy
12-08-2005, 03:18 AM
skull measurements, for example, vary widely not only within communities but even during a person's lifetime. truethere are also differences in skulls between different people of the same race.
* from changes in the way we eat-our bones have become thinner, our faces smaller, and our teeth smaller
* people have become more sedentary-we load our bones less and the bones become thinner
* the size of the human face has gotten about 12 percent smaller since the paleolithic.
http://www.harvardmagazine.com/lib/04mj/images/83_001.jpghttp://www.harvardmagazine.com/on-line/050465.html