[wardaddy]

Sort of PC...your views on genetics and race....and the "minor genetic differences". Relatively speaking we have minor genetic differences with all mammals. It's those little minor genetic differences which make for distinct physical differences in humans....race-wise.

I challenge your minimilization of this respectfully.....with regards to physical differences between the 3 major racial groups and their subset hybrids.

You should note however that I do not take the leap of drawing intellectual distinctions based on race based genetic differences. That is much more speculative. The physical differences are quite apparent.

Of course Jews are not a race. However a Sephardic and particularly an Oriental Jew probably has more genetic commonality with his fellow Semites than with his Ashkhenazim cousins.

[Redcloak]

Those physical differences we make so much of are little more than cosmetic. For example, it was once taught that Asians developed their characteristic epicanthic fold as an adaptation to the bright sunlight and blowing sand their ancestors would have faced crossing the deserts into China. However, genetic analysis has shown that this trait developed after these people were in Asia. It could not have been an environmental adaptation. Instead, it's now thought that this mutation, as well as the characteristic straight, black hair, was selected for its aesthetic appeal. Potential mates who had these characteristics were prefered over those who did not possess them. It's not unreasonable to assume that other traits used to define "race", such as white or black skin, straight blond or dark kinky hair, were also originally selected for their aesthetic appeal. There's nothing PC about this.