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Re: Race - why & when
Rod Hagen (rodhagen@netspace.net.au)
Fri, 03 Mar 1995 08:54:44 +1000
In article <3j3d05$65m@access3.digex.net>, huston@access.digex.net (Herb
Huston) wrote:
> In article <3j2v7a$9g7@clarknet.clark.net>,
> Prince Nada)@clark.net ( <thedavid> wrote:
> }What about this: what most people call "race," signified by
> }skin color, hair color & texture, etc. etc. seem most likely
> }to be adaptations to climactic conditions occuring over periods
> }of many thousands of years.
etc etc.
A good reference if you want to find out more about such issues is
Harrison, Tanner Pilbeam and Baker, "Human Biology - An Introduction to
Human Evolution, Variation, Growth and Adaptability," Oxford Science
Publications, 1988.
Those "climactic" conditions sound like fun! ;-)
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Rod Hagen
rodhagen@netspace.net.au
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