[wardaddy]

We humans are 98% chimp and 33% daffodil in DNA mapping. The .01 to .2% difference in DNA mapping between human races and their subsets does account for more than strictly cosmetics. It accounts for marked physical appearance differences and bone structure and hormonal levels and hot/cold tolerance...etc.

Now you could surmise that some of these differences are cause by behavior or geography and you could be right but the DNA mapping differences doe exist nonetheless. Genes influence behavior which influences culture. Culture, behavior, and geography influence DNA over a period of time. The question like someone said before on a thread similar to this is "what came first?...the chicken or the egg"

I do not think that the DNA differences between races for whatever reasons they exist are purely cosmetic if cosmetic means inconsequential in your view.

Respectfully.

[Redcloak]

Genes influence behavior which influences culture.

Hogwash. (And that's the most repectful term I can come up with.) Culture has absolutely nothing to do with genetics. If you drop a Swedish infant into the middle of South Korea, in 18 years you'll have a blond haired, blue eyed Korean; not a Swede. Culture is learned.