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Post by Charlie Bass on Apr 24, 2010 23:44:15 GMT -5
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Post by Charlie Bass on Apr 24, 2010 23:50:51 GMT -5
Same goes for this study and these are useful references ajol.info/index.php/aam/article/viewFile/8272/13973The mean nasal index for Hausa-Fulanis was 72.0, in the southern Nigerians it was 85, thus supporting Hiernaux hypothesis that nasal index is correlated with climate. But as can be seen again, this study even gives in to "racial" typology in calling Hausa-Fulanis a "race" although I have yet to know what "race" means to Nigerians.
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Post by homeylu on Apr 24, 2010 23:59:50 GMT -5
Didn't open the pdf format yet, but aren't all these nasal indice studies supposedly a mean average of the population? Meaning some in the group measure above the mean, and others measure below the mean, which shows that there would also be overlapping. It's pathethic that these scientists would even go so far as to make a physical distinction amongst groups in the same country and define it as a particular 'race'. Rarely is this applied when used with European physical diversity. Otherwise there would probably be 1000 European races, for each time a particular physical characteristic varies.....
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Post by Charlie Bass on Apr 25, 2010 0:03:17 GMT -5
Didn't open the pdf format yet, but aren't all these nasal indice studies supposedly a mean average of the population? Meaning some in the group measure above the mean, and others measure below the mean, which shows that there would also be overlapping. It's pathethic that these scientists would even go so far as to make a physical distinction amongst groups in the same country and define it as a particular 'race'. Rarely is this applied when used with European physical diversity. Otherwise there would probably be 1000 European races, for each time a particular physical characteristic varies..... Exactly my point, I don't know how Nigerians define "race" but maybe "race" as used by them means ethnic group. Here's another study that found more variation in Nigerians nasal indexes that contradicts the typological assessments of those in the first study I posted: www.academicjournals.org/IJMMS/PDF/pdf2009/Apr/Oladipo%20et%20al.pdf
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