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To: Elroy who wrote (652937)	2/17/2018 8:14:35 PM
From: quehubo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793905

I doubt the weather in Italy and France along the Mediterranean was cold and hard on survival. But look at the work of Da Vinci for example. Around the time of his birth the America's had millions of indians, what signs of intelligence did they demonstrate? But you are on to something. Harsher climates are not going to be conducive to survival of people who are unlucky and or who have inadequate intelligence.

To: Elroy who wrote (652937)	2/17/2018 11:21:51 PM
From: Maurice Winn	4 Recommendations Recommended By Bruce L Pogeu Mahone quehubo skinowski Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793905

Snow is bad and does not make intelligence. Also it was not a coincidence that black and melanin rich people were near the equator. The reason they have lots of melanin was to avoid dying from sun exposure. Near the Arctic melanin is a net problem other than in summer . Melanin reduces vitamin D production and increases heat loss. Contrary to your theory, the supersonic brainpower of Ashkenazis resulted from a combination of people from a small area in north west India mixed into Bedouin and whatnot across as far as Morocco. Then some selection over the last couple of thousand years in Europe (western). North east Asians aren't top of the pops. But there is something to your ice is good theory in that people near the equator go troppo. Heat leads to hiding in the shade with a beer. Cold is conducive to working. So there's an ideal temperate zone which moved north at the end of the last glaciation with Egypt then Greece then Rome and finally London being the main centres of success. In the east Genghis Khan had his time during the medieval warming. But the little ice age put the kibosh on the north until the 20th century. Mqurice