The History of Human Races

[Techno-Druid]

What do you think the history of human races are?

[Lolretadin]

I don't understand the question.

I think they want to know what caused the advent of the modern humans to occur, or something like that.
Or they're asking us to summarize about 60~ thousand years.

[chrisberb]

What do you think the history of human races are?

Do you mean like...black vs white vs asian vs etc?
Humans sprang up..they reproduced, they spread out and started looking more and more different. Super condensed version?

[dextersmith]

I don't understand the question.

Another evo/create thread.

[RigidCannibal]

WTB more context.

[Osoroshii]

War, lots and lots of war, sprinkled with some slavery and a dash of plague on the side.

[Techno-Druid]

Personally, I think humans evolved in the northern and eastern part of Africa and then spread throughout Africa, then migrated to the Arabian peninsula, then a group diverged into both Europe and Asia, then an Asian group migrated across during the ice age into North America and spread out into South America. That's also why I think dogs were present on most continents, because they evolved in Eurasia.

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WTB more context.

How do you think all the races came to be?

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Another evo/create thread.

Not really, I'm talking about what you think the origin is, not the future nor proven facts.

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I think they want to know what caused the advent of the modern humans to occur, or something like that.
Or they're asking us to summarize about 60~ thousand years.

You right in the first part

[oxymoronic]

Personally, I think humans evolved in the northern and eastern part of Africa and then spread throughout Africa, then migrated to the Arabian peninsula, then a group diverged into both Europe and Asia, then an Asian group migrated across during the ice age into North America and spread out into South America. That's also why I think dogs were present on most continents, because they evolved in Eurasia.

exactly what i think, except i didnt think they spread "throughout africa" before moving on to the middle east. seems to the most popular theory

[Feral Camel]

How do you think all the races came to be?

A little bit of luck and some evolution.

[dextersmith]

Not really, I'm talking about what you think the origin is, not the future nor proven facts.

Future? I was saying evolution vs. creationist thread.

[oxymoronic]

A little bit of luck and some evolution.

little bit? wonder if we will ever truly know the odds and how we all won a lottery just being here.

[Independent voter]

In the beginning there were Africans. Some Africans decided to head North where they met with Neanderthals and apparently had sex with some of the better looking ones.

Then you had Egypt which has pretty much always been around, lot of stuff happened around Iraq. Meanwhile there was a lot going on in China and India too.

Rome, Christianity, Islam, Mongols.

WWI was like the next big thing, followed by WWII, Cold War to present day.

[Techno-Druid]

little bit? wonder if we will ever truly know the odds and how we all won a lottery just being here.

Yeah, he does have point, but I have to say some of our ancestors aren't exactly that far behind... just a few more subtle gene mutations and they'll get there eventually..

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In the beginning there were Africans. Some Africans decided to head North where they met with Neanderthals and apparently had sex with some of the better looking ones.

Then you had Egypt which has pretty much always been around, lot of stuff happened around Iraq. Meanwhile there was a lot going on in China and India too.

Rome, Christianity, Islam, Mongols.

WWI was like the next big thing, followed by WWII, Cold War to present day.

Interesting fact is that dogs were the first domesticated animal and domesticated in eastern or southern Europe. Africans, Europeans and Indians all domesticated cattle from the same species, but from different subspecies. Pigs, horses and goats were domesticated in Asia and sheep were domesticated in the middle east from the mouflon. Then cats were domesticated in either Greece or Egypt (or both)

[Vyxn]

Do you mean like...black vs white vs asian vs etc?
Humans sprang up..they reproduced, they spread out and started looking more and more different. Super condensed version?

and now they are coming back together in a few hundred years more we wont have disguisable human races anymore

[Gamdwelf]

depends people have been foot racing im sure for ages, but the Datona 500 not so long.

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The 100 metres (spelt meters in US), or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1928 for women.

The 200 metres (also spelled 200 meters) is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first recorded event at the ancient Olympic Games. The 200 m places more emphasis on speed endurance than shorter sprint distances as athletes rely on different energy systems during the longer sprint.

In the United States and elsewhere, athletes previously ran the 220-yard dash (201.168 m) instead of the 200 m (218.723yards), though the distance is now obsolete. The standard adjustment used for the conversion from times recorded over 220 yards to 200 m times is to subtract 0.1 seconds, but other conversion methods exist.

[ringpriest]

What do you think the history of human races are?

This is probably a good start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racing

[DEATHETERNAL]

This really looks like an attempt to get people to argue about whether races exist within humanity or not.

[RigidCannibal]

How do you think all the races came to be?

Alright then, the "races" that we have in humanity are the result of ancient ancestors adapting to the environments they lived in.

[PACOX]

This really looks like an attempt to get people to argue about whether races exist within humanity or not.

You what bro?!?

Check your privilege man!