NZ Shootings: Human races and how they were formed

With the message of peace this is Cemendtaur.



After the recent terrorist attack in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, the issue of race has again re-surfaced.  Was race a motivation behind the terrorist attack, it is being asked.



Let’s talk about human races.  Why do we have Black, White, Chinese, and other races in the world?



When human beings left Africa, everybody in that group looked pretty much the same.  So how come we look so different today?



The race is defined by the color of the skin, the stature, and the facial features of an individual.



The geography a group of people lives in and the food that people eat, make the race of that group.



The process takes many centuries.  Weather—hot or cold—along with the amount of sunlight determines the skin pigmentation.



Humidity in the air defines the shape and form of the nose.



What kind of food people eat defines their statures. When there is more milk and dairy products or other things having a large supply of calcium present in normal diet of a group of people, the larger bone sizes become evident and people are tall.



The hair is also shaped by the humidity and the amount of sunlight that is there at one place.



The process of artificial selection can steer a group of people in a specific direction.  For example, when through a random gene mutation a certain trait shows up in a group of human beings, that trait can become prevalent or obsolete based on the preferences of that group.  The color of the eyes and the hair of a group of people is determined by the process of artificial selection.



Living as hunter-gatherers, human beings moved often and did not let a particular geography work on them. Race is a phenomenon tied to the communities that settled down in one place and let the geography of the place act upon them, for many generations.



Race is not a fixed thing; it is a continuously evolving trait, though the changes taking place in defining the ‘race’ of a group of people are hard to notice in one lifetime.





This is it for today.  Hope to see you next time.