I would also urge those in the scientific community to realize that our idea of "science" is highly biased by culture. By that token, no scientific "fact" should be taken as a universal, despite whatever cross-cultural (and probably inaccurate) studies have been done.
the problem with all of these posts is that all the authors believe the propaganda about race. There is no biological distiction between the "races". Our society decides to catagorize "races" based upon a few obvious distinctions, such as skin color, hair type, etc., but there are many other...
I don't think you understand my point. And you mean affirmative action: Well, affirmative action has been decided in FAVOR of minorities, not only racial, but gender minorities, meaning women. Yes, racism and sexism abound, leading to these groups having a difficult time gaining upward social...
Side note about the Lion King: It was copied from a Japanese Cartoon/Comic called something very near "Kimba, the White Lion". Kimba's mom and dad live, though.
First , Europe has its share of "racial" segregation and prejudice. Just ask any Turk living in Germany.
Second, America has always been a multi-cultural society. When the first Europeans settled in America, many married Native women, thus making a multi-cultural society. The people in...
Good points made about the "race" issue.
Plague: Your cultural background is what makes you Chinese, not your generalized "Chinese" looks.
Lastly, I am curious as the Irish DNA stuff: Do Y'all have any more info on that? How can they tell you are irish?
Your initial mistake is in believing that evolution is based on natural selection. There are multiple selection factors that work on a species, such as genetic drift, which many scientists see as more important that natural selection.
The shift of the Classic period to the Post-Classic period did not signal an end to the Maya empire. According to the book "The Ancient Maya" by Morley, Brainerd and Sharer , the decline was brought upon by different factors.
1)Tikal's decline, which was associated with strife in Teotihuacan...
I wonder which genus chimps will find themselves under in 100 years. Its an interesting article. No doubt, Chimps are closely related to us, and as we all know, phylogenetic nomenclature is arbitrary, so names don't really matter. But the interesting part of the article was the mention that...
This is a really interesting post. Mayan societies continue to be fascinating to this day.
One thing you should realize about ancient Mesoamerica is that the societies were independant, but interrelated in a sense. The Mayans traded with each other, and with other peoples as well. In fact...