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Originally Posted by DARISC

Very interesting link. Would the below excerpt lead you to conclude that Native Americans, for example, are Asians?

"Native Americans show greater genetic similarity to populations in east central Asia than they do to the current easternmost Siberian populations."

Regardless of what anyone might conclude, the article says that genetically, Native Americans bear a closer resemblance to Asians than say, the formerly known as Caucasian, Northern Europeans.

Incidentally, nowhere in the article did I see the word "caucasian" used. I suspect that's because the word is "No longer in scientific use."

Seeing as how I am writing on a forum, not in a scientific journal, the fact that the word Caucasian is not currently in scientific favor, in no way affects my ability to use it in a descriptive sense. If fact, in this particular instance, I think it did a fine job of conveying the concept in question. If you'd like to critique my grammar or punctuation maybe you'll have more amusement.


Cheer up! The border travesty WILL be resolved, but sadly not soon enough.