you can sAY that again FantA ***whistles8888

massage genetically there is very little similarities to Asian, or
mongoloid. there is some traces but they are very minute and almost
nonexistent. Until Spanish blood was mixed in the S. America, the DNA
was the same from the tip of S. America to Alaska with only small
differences, very small.

Fanta,

Are you saying that the whole idea of 'three branches' is wrong,
because it wrongly groups Native Americans along with Mongoloids? When
in your view, they should be counted as a separate race?

Ooops - I didn't mean to say "count as a separate race", I meant, "count
as a separate -main branch- of the races".

On out medicine wheel...these 4 colours represent the 4 different races
and the 4 directions!!!!!!!!!

They are: red, black, yellow and white!!!!!!!!

Actually I was wrong, there are 5. They are Africans, Caucasians, East
Asian, Oceanian, and American Indian.

Depends really how far back in Human evolution you go. The last three, E
Asian, Oceanian, and American Indian, all branch from the Caucasian
Race, which Branch from the African race.

I guess the correct answer is One, The Human Race!

Native, I think thats a great way to look at things. And I think that
AB's way of looking at things is great too. Personally, I think the
actual branchings are so complex that any system of categorization is
just for convenience and ease of dealing with that complexity.

Ultimately, we are all individuals and the -real- branching of the
genetic tree occurs each time a child is born!

But I also think that the 'three main branches' idea cannot be said to
be 'wrong', because its just another way of looking at things which can
be 'justified' based on looking at where those branchings occurred -in
time-. This is taxonomy, and nothing more. Its just labels.

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see how well this shows?

Sorry Fanta, we were writing at the same time and I'd not read yours.
Yes - I agree it depends on how far back you look, where in time you
draw the line on the branchings.

Its all just labels, anyway.

you will get a better view if you go to my profile

Thats a great chart, Fanta! That shows Native Americans branching off
nearly the -same time- as the East Asians (which I'm guessing is the
more modern, politically correct term for Mongoloid).

I had always thought people lived in Asian for a long while, and then
branched off to the Americas.

Wonderman - it looks like I was wrong to say Native Americans are the
descendants of the Mongoloids/East Asians.

Chiricahua Apache & German.

Turkish, Mongolian and many, many...many European flavors.

as far as i know full filipino blood. nice to see another filipina
felisha

Trizar I disagree from you COMPLETELY. If you were to walk up to a
hispanic and call them white, I think they wouldn't be to happy about
that.

How do you include so many different ethinicites in one as if it's
superior?

massagetrade is showing his teaching experience ^_~ LOL aww

I'm not, but my kids are.