What is Race?
The Infinite Monkey Cage
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Is There Any Scientific Basis for the Concept of Race in Humans?
There is no scientific basis for the concept of race in humans. We are all very, very closely related to each other and there's not really any sharp dividing line. The differences between each of us is greater than the average diftance between europeans and africans or east asians. You only have to go back a few thousand years till somebody was alive who's the common ancestor of everybody in the world to day. So it doesn't matter if you're charlemagne or some peasant,. We are all descended from ancestors.
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