> On Behalf Of Ingrid Bauer/Jean-Claude Catry
>
> It is common knowledge that people whose ancestors evolved in different
> parts
> of the planet
> tend to also share different racial characteristics, such as skin color,
> hair
> color, etc. This is not
> an invitation to introduce racial prejudice into the paleo discussion, but
> it
> would seem to me
> that these particular racial characteristics evolved for very specific
> reasons, not least of which
> would be the diet that was available in the part of the world that a
> particular branch of
> humanity lives/lived.

This is not necessarily true at all.  Please look at some elementary
evolution texts discussing 'genetic drift'.


  Wade