Race and Bone Density

[iceaura]

Do you think it's just coincidence that we find races naturally grouped geographically around the world?

We don't - at least, not your races, which are divided up in correspondence with US sociological categories.

Unless you regard the Andaman Islands, Australia, Papua New Guinea, subsaharan Africa, Micronesia, etc, as some kind of geographical "grouping"

You might very well be able to, but I'd be willing to bet that any physical or mental characteristics that you choose to compare will be overshadowed by those differences exhibited by the main races,

You would lose. Look at your own next example:

Consider, for example, you have choosen Chinese and Nigerians. During the recent Olympics in Beijing, despite China being the host nation with a population of over one billion and a country which has always taken its reputation in sports very seriously, they were not able to win one track and field medal, whilst Western trained blacks dominated the events. The difference in physical stature alone will negate your attempt to unite these disparate people into one race.

How many distance race medals did Nigerians win? How many sprint races did Kenyans win? San?

And what do you mean by "physical stature"? Height?

I put it to you that it is multiracial Western society which is an economic and social construct.

Without doubt. Your point?

So of course, the only way you could do this would be to appeal to genetics - the invisible, since you would be very hard pushed to find any visible physical characteristics similar enough.

Are you suggesting that there are no visible physical characteristics shared by the human Han and the likewise human Bantu that would be reqarded by an outside observer as significant similarities?