User talk:Louddavenport

Cavalli Sforza
The Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza article currently has no quote where he claims the Caucasoid, Negroid, Mongoloid, Australoid races are proven by genetics. When you assert that his genetic table supports these races you are making original research which is against Wikipedia's policy on original research. --Dark Tichondrias 01:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Caucasoid and Caucasian
The Caucasoid craniofacial type and the genetic cline Sforza identified as Caucasian are different and non-concordant. The Caucasoid physical type was based on skull measurements which at times have included East Africans and Australian aborigines. The Caucasoid physical type has at times not included Eastern Europeans, parts India and Northeastern Europeans based on cranial shape. Sforza identified many genetic clines. One cline he labeled as "Caucasian" since it included the people historically in the Caucasian category, but he based it off genetic markers. This Caucasian genetic group he identified is not concordant with Caucasoid because as defined it inarguably includes most Indians and excludes East Africans and Australian aborigines. The quote you have been using by Sforza which you claim proves India's true race is about the Caucasoid physical type. This physical type can only be proved by craniofacial measurements and not genetics.--Dark Tichondrias 04:00, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Actually Cavalli-Sforza himself says that Ethiopians are 40% Caucasian, but they're not on the Caucasian branch because you need over 50% to attach to a branch. As for Australoids, different anthropologists had different ideas. Louddavenport 18:45, 19 September 2006 (UTC)