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To: Cogito who wrote (51178)	3/1/2008 8:10:49 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543933

<<<Science does recognize genetic and biological differences that correlate to three racial groups; caucasoid, mongoloid, and negroid.>>> This is what I found in wikipedia. Today, most scientists view human variation as distributed clinally, often without any sharp discontinuities. While acknowledging the existence of human variation among groups, anthropologists have abandoned the view that clearly delineated, discrete racial entities exist, since there often is considerable overlap in characteristics among the populations.[9] Furthermore, in at least one study most of the variation in physical traits found was among individuals within the so-called racial groups.[10] Not that wikipedia is the last word in science, but the concept of sorting mankind into three distinct groups does not make any sense. It does not seem like it could be done. I do not mean to say it is not useful when these terms are used to discuss generalities, but that is not science.