Re: Race


"A.Carlson" <amcarls@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:55:24 -0400, Kevin Wayne Williams
> <kww.nihongo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>CreateThis wrote:
>>> MartinKess@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Okay, I'm living in Japan, and, after hitting my head on about 6
>>>>different doorframes every day, I have a question - what causes
>>>>race?
>>>>The Japanese are physically shorter than caucasians on average, and
>>>>in
>>>>general, people of different regions have different physical
>>>>appearance. Now, I don't see this as being a bad thing (well,
>>>>besides
>>>>the low doorframes :P) but I'm curious.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Duh. They obviously evolved that way to stop hitting their heads on
>>> the
>>> doorframes.
>>
>>Japanese height is primarily a nutritional effect, not heredity,
>>anyway.
>>When I am there, my 168 cm makes me about average relative to men my
>>age
>>(45), but young men tower over me. 180-185 cm isn't particularly rare
>>anymore.
>
> Yes, the wonders of adopting an American diet. I hear that negative
> aspects of that diet are creeping in as well.
>

Breast Cancer being one of those. Once almost non-existent in Japan.

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