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Originally Posted by David's8
There are possibly small pockets of the population who believe that they are direct descendants of Adam and Eve who were - of course - white.  Evolution of species is, perhaps, something that some people find hard to grasp. And that "race" is a social construct and not a taxonomic definition. |
Spot on! In a book on genetics that I read recently, it pointed out that, not only does genetics not recognise ‘race’, but that if you find 3 people in a pub, one white and two ‘black’, then each of the black guys is most likely to be genetically more closely related to the white guy than to each other. Too hard to explain here, but it’s based broadly on the fact that relatively few of the original African humans migrated north and so the white folk interbred a lot and the Africans maintained a much bigger gene pool and so became very genetically diverse.
Oh, and the white folk became white, it’s assumed, to better absorb the lower levels of sunlight to synthesise vitamin D.
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .
Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!).
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