Ignoring, for the moment, Michael’s typically provocative way of bringing up these kinds of issues, there is an interesting caveat to the idea that people of African heritage are superior distance runners. It doesn’t apply to all Africans. In fact, it applies only to a very narrow group located in east Africa: the Kalenjin people of southern Sudan, western Ethiopia, and western Kenya. The theories for why they are such great distance runners is are many and varied (thin ankles, high pain tolerance, a centuries-old culture of running). It seems to be a genetic variation specific to that group though, so far as I know, it has not been isolated in their genome as yet. To learn more, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalenjin_people
Chris ….. Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo ………………………………... On Apr 20, 2015, at 5:46 PM, michael sylvester <msylves...@copper.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > running. > By observation and consensus.blacks are superior > in atheletic and other running events.The Boston marathon has been won by > individuals with predominant Afican- derivative genome. > There was a time when whitey dominated > short distance running breaking records > ifor the mile run-Roger Bannister of England, > John Lundy of Australia,and Jim Ryan of Kansas; > then came along black dudes like Kip Keino of Kenya > , Bolt of Jamaica. > > michael > daytona beach,florida > 'going beyond where no tipster has gone before' > > > > > > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=44147 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-44147-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=44150 or send a blank email to leave-44150-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
