[SunkenCiv]

It's the least studied, but (with a straight face) has the most genetic diversity in the world. No point in studying it, because if something emerges that undermines the paradigm, no one will believe it anyway, and you'll end up working as a dispatcher for the local fire department. ;')

[SunkenCiv]

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[ClearCase_guy]

The scientists who study Africa say it has the most genetic diversity in the world and point out that we really know very little about it.
The scientists who study the Amazon rainforest say it has the most genetic diversity in the world and point out that we really know very little about it.
The scientists who study the ocean say it has the most genetic diversity in the world and point out that we really know very little about it.

One almost begins to think that the quest for research grants is the driving force behind much of modern "science".

[colorado tanker]

Oh, you cynic!

[ZULU]

i have heard that about genetic diversity also.

It makes sense if you believe in evolution. As a population diversifies and spreads out of its center of origin, the populations doing the moving are smaller than the parent group and so have a smaller genetic pool within which to work. The parent group retains the larger genetic pool and with it the greater diversity. As man was supposed to have originated in Africa, it makes sense that Africa would have the greatest genetic diversity and genetic testing would seem to indicate it.

There is a correlation with linguistic diversity. There are more language families in Africa than anywhere else.

Superficially to Europeans like us, it appears that Black Africans look more alike than we do, but that is probably a distortion created by our own perspective. We probably look more alike to them than they appear to resemble each other. But morphological differences or similarities do not have to reflect genetic realities.

[wildbill]

If you are the only humans on the planet, how could you possibly get ideas from your neighbors? DOH!

[LiteKeeper]

read later

[wolfcreek]

When I heard Obama and Bush were related, I came to the realization my ancestors were brought here by aliens.