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From: mpl@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Mary Patricia Lowe)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Inheritance of IQ
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Date: 18 Jul 89 19:28:29 GMT
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In article <602@visdc.UUCP> jiii@visdc.UUCP (John E Van Deusen III) writes:

>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.
>--

At the risk adding a a nature vs nurture component to this 
discussion, lets not forget that intelligence is multifactorial
having both genetic and environmental components. In the context
of the global culture we are evolving toward and with our
perspectives global communication, mobility and social dynamics
doesn't the question of racial intelligence already seem 
outdated?


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			-patti
mary patricia lowe			computing services division
mpl@csd4.milw.wisc.edu		university of wisconsin - milwaukee