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Originally Posted by abaya
Race is a cultural construct in itself, so aberkok is right. There is no such thing as race, there are only arbitrary categories created by humans to explain surface biological variation.
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Then how do the forensics people know if skeletal remains are black, white, or Asian?
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I thought this was kind of ironic because the answer to your question was the last 3 words of what you quoted. Forensic examination of corpses determines race by examining surface biological variation.
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If I'm remembering correctly, genetic race is determined by a maximum of 17 genes in the genome. Geographic separation has led to gene pool homogenization of certain racial groups...
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You're quite right. "Nordic" (white) Americans have much more in common genetically with black Africans than black Africans do with black Middle-Easterners.
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