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> "R.Schenck" <
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> > On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 18:36:14 +0000 (UTC),
[email protected] (Makoto Taniguchi) wrote:
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> > >I was wondering, why did the Siberian Natives and Inuits develop small bodies with a relatively
> > >flat face while North American Natives (non Inuit) and caucasians develop large bodies with a
> > >long nose, deepset eyes etc.
> > >
> > >If the inuits lived in cold climates like the Natives and the caucasians, how come their bodies
> > >evolved in a completely different way?
> >
> >
> > i'd like to venture an answer to this, i've wondered it myself.
> >
> > I think that ultimately its because they were two different populations under similar
> > conditions, each with their own set of restrictions. The large nose of 'cacasians' is supposedly
> > to warm air going itno the body and/or cool the body internally (as opposed to simple exposure)
> > to prevent sweating. Perhaps 'mongolish' populations found another solution, whatever it may be.
>
> That doesn't sound right at all. If it was simply because of the difference between Mongoloids and
> Caucasoids, you really can't explain the physical features of the Native American population.
but the native am. population is, well, a different population under similar conditions,
complete/replete with its own incumbrances and restrictions to just how they can adapt in reaction
to the environment. So if they appear similar to any group, it might be because they are a different
'system' under the same stress, or if they are very closely related, they might be similar (but
seperate) systems reacting the same way to a similar environment.
perhaps you are trying to see if, since in your estimation (and i am not saying i disagree/agree
with it) the native americans have caucasiod-ish cold adapted features, that they might share a
close relationship. perhaps. but all humans are so inter-related that i don't think that is
necessarily true. The 'native am.' population and the 'caucasiod' population might look equally
different from the 'mongol/siberian' population because the 'mongol/siberian' population is the
one that has changed its 'system'. the other two might not be very closely related, infact the
'native' and 'mongol' pop could infact be very closely related, but the 'system change' (ie
whatever is making them different) is simply not shared (iow, not present in the shared ancestral
population of both).
damnit i hope that wasn't too unclear.