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Originally posted by Odin88
Also, I would like to see punkworld's proof for the claim 'Humans are actually genetically speaking an extremely homogenous species. A difference in skin and hair really isn't that much of a difference, genetically speaking. (just look at different breeds of dogs for examples of what genetic diversity within a species holds)'.
I don't necessarily doubt it, but I did have a University teacher once claim that 'because the gene's that cause skin colouring are so close between White's, Black's, etc, it means we are all the same'. The logic she used was quite stupid, but she even went on to give reference to a scientist (who studied this) that claimed this was proof that there really is no difference between races. Punkworld seemed to be relying on the same kind of logic (I could be wrong).
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Ah, you edited.
I probably could find the proof for my claim, but then I'd have to go through a few dozen books on the subject (I read it in one of those last year or so, but since this isn't my specialization I don't keep references to studies and such).
Google would be a good bet though:
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...lly+homogenous
Don't know if the specific study I'm basing this on is in there, but it should give some info.
The reasoning I'm using is not so much logic as it is science. Individual differences far outweigh racial differences genetically. (white person A has a rather large chance of genetically being more like black person B than like white person C) Race does exist, it just isn't an important factor in determining genetic similarity.
Also, in comparison to other species humans are fairly genetically homogenous. (the dog species vs skin/hair difference example was mainly intended to make this rather complicated and abstract subject a bit more understandable)