Canadian - Psychologist | December 3, 1943 - October 2, 2012
On average, the Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese are more similar to each other and are different from Australians, Israelis and the Swedes, who in turn are similar to each other and are different from Nigerians, Kenyans, and Jamaicans.
J. Philippe Rushton
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Nonetheless, much has been learned by studying the statistical differences between the various human races.
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I was born in Bournemouth, England, in 1943.
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We emigrated to South Africa and later to Canada so I went to school in several places.
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I then moved to the University of Western Ontario where I was made a full professor in 1985.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species.
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A race is what zoologists term a variety or subdivision of a species.
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Each race (or variety) is characterized by a more or less distinct combination of inherited morphological, behavioral, physiological traits.
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Formation of a new race takes place when, over several generations, individuals in one group reproduce more frequently among themselves than they do with individuals in other groups.
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Unless one is a religious fundamentalist and believes that man was created in the image and likeness of God, it is foolish to believe that human beings are exempt from biological classification and the laws of evolution that apply to all other life forms.
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Of course, individuals vary greatly within each racial group and should be treated as such.
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