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What is Race?

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Is There a Genetic Basis for Skin Color, Hair Color, Etc?

When we look at the global human population, there are obviously recognizable differences that tend to be geo i so t o skin colour, hair color, et cetera. So for example, pigmentation, er gens, genes to do with hair morphology and so on, they show bigger differences. Now, one of the reasons that they probably show bigger differences is because they are actually results of adaptationsin different adaptations in different regions. There are adaptations different between east and west. Eye colour is very difficult to predict and your children based on your parents eye colours,. It came back in my low year, you would have then, i would have yout bu yo, not china an,

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