... dorsal surface of their ... MW: It does not. Some rare individuals sometimes have external tails. That doesn't mean the human ancestors never went through...
Lumping people into to these so called mega races (Caucasoid, Mongoloid, Congoid, Australoid, Capoid) is problematical, IMO, since it doesn't tell you much...
... Yes this is the point that Jamie can't grasp. We know he can't grasp it because his poll asks "Do you believe humans divide into races?". Unless I...
DDeden: http://scienceblogs.com/afarensis/2007/03/31/hawks_on_the_1470_reconstru cti/#more DD, what is this? A Photoshop paleoanthropology? -- Mario...
John: You may be right. The urge to "rank" is not innate, though. Although the ability and desire to classify objects or organism, into some kind of scheme,...
Marcel: Add to that the problem of /*how*/ you go about deciding what is a "race" and what isn't. For instance, the "folk model" for classifying races is...
Dr. Green: This may well be something Jamie can't grasp. But I noticed that the poll results claimed that most of those who took the poll believe that humans...
That's correct. I never made that claim. I have to say that I haven't seen Jamie's poll. I've stopped reading his postings as they're often offensive. Ted ...
... Marcel, having hair on the middle phalanges of fingers 3 & 4 is thousands of times more frequent in humans that having a tail. The first is no anomaly. The...
They seem to have a problem with me claiming races don''t exist so they must beleive they do. I am well aware of sub species and races in zoology. The...
I guess there are a lot more lay persons on this forum. hmmmmm I should make another poll asking how many people are from each so called race. ... From: Anne...
The urge to classify in-groups and out-groups is though. ... From: Anne Gilbert To: paleoanthropology@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 4:15 PM ...
That's mostly because the original human races are related to Hn inheritance which occured a long time ago. Caucasians can be traced to Hn x Hs hybrization in...
I will wait to see your statistics on behavior and hybridization. LOL ... From: Leif Ekblad To: paleoanthropology@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007...
Jaime: No it isn't. Not really. Because what is an "in-group" and what is an "out-group" has to be taught in some way. The only "urge" that is innate to...
It's still work-in-progress and not yet published. Leif Ekblad ... From: Jaime Pretell To: paleoanthropology@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 6:43...
Not true. It is natural for a human to start cataloging things, but those experiences and cataloging process also include the instinctual process if ...
... From: "Marcel" <newpapyrus@...> ... I agree with all that is said above. Most crucially, I consider it very odd to try to speak of 'races' of humans...
Michael, I feel what you are saying. The problem with these so called "racial" medical results, is that they only speak of prevalence. Sickle cell anemia is...
Jaime: The idea of an "ingroup/outgroup" is */not "/*instinctual" in children. While a very small child will observe "differences" among people, he or she will...
It is still an instinctual habit. Until you can show me that wolves and dogs are teacing it as well, it is par to f how people process things. ... From: Anne...
Hi, I've just joined. I'm Scott Hamilton, originally from Australia. I read Psychology, and by chance found myself in fieldwork archaeology. Later this year...
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