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To: A.J.Armitage
Zoologists would also describe these as sub-species.

No they wouldn't.

Why not? Here is a page describing the various subspecies of tigers. They differ by color, size, and coat. Here is a page describing the subspecies of Jardines. They differ primarily in coloration. Why could you not describe a small Bushman of Southern Africa, with dark skin and curly hair as different in subspecies from that of a tall North America Lakota Sioux with much lighter skin and straight hair? Is it because it is the "third rail" of anthropology? Is it too political? How are the differences that create subspecies defined? Are humans the only mammals without defined subspecies?

61 posted on 12/21/2002 1:37:06 PM PST by FreedomCalls
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To: FreedomCalls
Read post #35. That's why.
68 posted on 12/21/2002 3:43:38 PM PST by A.J.Armitage
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