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In article <1993Jan23.115326.3250@mic.ucla.edu>, rush@eggneb.astro.ucla.edu (Brian Rush ) writes:

>I would disagree here, in emphasis at least.
>Read the article in RW a few months back titled
>"white men can't run."  It gives a biomechanical basis for the different
>performances of (1)white (2)west african blacks and (3)east/north
>african blacks.  The facts presented in that article are somewhat
>scientific and one can conclude from them that there definitely is a
>biomechanical (and, thus, genetic) difference between these three people
>groups athletically.  The point that is still not settled AT ALL is the
>EXTENT that this affects performance.  Maybe it only makes a small
>difference compared to culture, national emphasis, oportunity, etc. and
>maybe not.

 yeah, well, is Sebastian Coe black or white? Khalid Skah? Dieter Bauhman?
Pietro Minnea? I just mean, where do you draw the line? 5 generations back
directly from Afrika and then no outter mix at all? I can agree with the
genetics so far that people with generations back living up in the mountains
will be adapted to it, and probably have an easier time picking up the
oxygen, and if it happens to be Afrikans.. pure coincident.. so in a sense
I guess I agree with that article, and we're splitting hair...
 It would like saying Norwegians are genetically benefitted to perform well
in Nordic Skiing..
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