| ▲ | api 3 hours ago | |||||||
Not many. Part of why we are like this is extreme mobility. Even before modern times we were always good at getting around and seem to have a desire to roam. Or at least enough of us do to mix up those gene pools. | ||||||||
| ▲ | like_any_other 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||
If that were true before modern times, distinctions in appearance never could have developed. Edit as reply because "pOsTiNg tOo FaSt": > Before modern times there was enough mixing to keep speciation from occurring but not enough to fully homogenize. I see. Is there some quantitative genetic similarity measure, by which it was determined that it was worth categorizing foxes and wolves and bears into distinct subspecies/breeds/whatever taxonomical categories, but not humans? I assume that's what your "speciation did not occur [enough to merit taxonomical distinction]" is based on. I.e. by what measure are a Pygmy and a Norwegian more similar than a Sumatran and a Siberian tiger [1]? | ||||||||
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