Re: Races of Man (was Re: Tolkien and the ruin of Fantasy)

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In <E0CyrE.5F2@lexmark.com> rohobbs@lexmark.com (Rob Hobbs) writes:
>
>Once upon a time, danny@cs.su.oz.au said...
>>
>>Douglas Tricarico <trike@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>>Okay, I went and looked this info up, since it was bothering me.
>>>
>>>There are nine historic races of man, give or take a few (the
experts
>>>seem to be "discussing" it).
>>
>>Just remember that these races do NOT correspond to genetic
boundaries
>>of any significance. They are based on a few salient physical
>>characteristics. Around 90% of human genetic diversity is
>>intra-*communal*, and most of the rest is intra-regional.
>>
>>Danny.
>>
>
>I'm not sure what those big words mean "intra-*communal*" but it
sounds like
>your saying what I read in some science news the other day. That
being, that
>there is no major genetic difference between one "race" and another.
All the
>difference are minor and superficial.
>
>Have a good one...
>Rob
>

All races are virtually identical on the level of DNA... I was posting
on the thread of what the traditional races were called.

Doug

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