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From: jiii@visdc.UUCP (John E Van Deusen III)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Inheritance of IQ
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Date: 17 Jul 89 23:49:37 GMT
References: <5453@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <2061@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> <5480@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <458@edai.ed.ac.uk>
Reply-To: jiii@visdc.UUCP (John E Van Deusen III)
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In article <458@edai.ed.ac.uk> cam@edai (Chris Malcolm) writes:
>
> On the face of it, suggesting that Chinese and Anglo-Saxons inherit
> exactly the same quality and type of brains (for example) seems as
> silly as suggesting that they inherit exactly the same physique, skin,
> and digestions.

While it is fairly clear that natural selection could tend to favor
darker skin in equatorial latitudes, intelligence would seem to be
an advantageous survival characteristic under almost any set of
circumstances.  There is only one species of Homo sapiens, and the
genetic differences between races are really minuscule.
--
John E Van Deusen III, PO Box 9283, Boise, ID  83707, (208) 343-1865

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