At 09:05 AM 3/1/02 +1000 Russell Chapman wrote:
>My question however regards a different effect on human evolution - if
>American TV is to be believed (and I'm not saying it is) then there are
>racial differences in play here as well, with European and SE Asian
>families having fewer children later, while black and latino families
>have more children earlier. In places where infant mortaility is being
>reduced, won't the changing racial mix affect evolution more than
>intelligence levels?
That is actually roughly accurate. Black and Latino birth rates are
significantly higher than Caucasian birth rates in this country.
Indeed, I think that it is becoming fairly evident that the future of
humanity is probably not a Caucasian one. Given the worldwide differences
in birth rates, the various Caucasian races will probably almost certainly
be composing a smaller and smaller percentage of the population worldwide
and within their own countries.
What effect this will have can really only be speculated upon.
JDG
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