Quid est Veritas?
In Memoriam to CS Lewis
South Africa. We have our own problems with racial classification, which can be quite arbitrary. When Apartheid was established, often three brothers were classed as different races.Thank you for correcting me on the Yeminis and on Cleopatra. Our classifications of race I agree don't make sense sometimes. I guess in a way, everyone's is. Where are you from as you mentioned traditional European ones?
Caucasoid genetic markers have not been conclusively found, but neither has there been such markers for other racial groups except extremely limited gene pools like Askenazi Jews.Speaking of the classifications, what is or are the best genetic information and illustrations that I could look for? You mentioned the Ancient Egyptians were a Caucasoid people, no? Many Americans see Ethiopians, maybe even Yemenis, as Negroid or Semitics, not Caucasoid as I have mentioned before. Is Caucasoid about bone structure and/or genetics?
It is based on phenotype, mostly bone structure, nasal configuration, eye width, body form etc.along with known cultural connections. This is because these characteristics are not wholly the property of any racial group and tend to be present in a spectrum.
There are genetic propensities more common in Caucasoids, but they tend not to be explicitly so - meaning that if present it is more likely the genome belongs to a Caucasoid but not definitively. These are for instance things like Lactase genes or certain blood groups (A and AB. B is more associated with Asia. But all the blood groups are present in all the races).
This is also true for other racial groups. For instance Negroids respond more effectively to diuretic therapy to lower your blood pressure than Caucasoids and tend to bare malaria infections better.
Semitics are also Caucasoid, as are Ethiopians, Turkic peoples and Indians (South Asians). Caucasian is a subtype of Caucasoid, being mostly the Europeans, hence its use as shorthand for whites.
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