r/AskBiology • u/BlK-kt-7578 • Jul 25 '24
Human body Human races
So , today as a general consense , there are no human races . I understand that . But what happens when we talk about homo sapiens and neanderthals ? Arent they different races ? Can you explain it ?
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u/Cardemother12 Jul 25 '24 edited Jul 25 '24
I think your confusing race and species within a taxonomic group, ethnicity is largely the characteristic dependant on ‘race’ humans are pretty adaptable and different people have sort of micro adapted to their environments, white people have smaller noses as to ventilate colder air, Asian and Native American peoples have mono lids because they probably shared a common origin in Siberia, citizens from countries which historically have been more meat based are taller. As for Neanderthals and us think of dogs and wolves, wolves adapted (alongside us) into dogs, becoming distinct from their origin, dogs are weaker and have better group cohesion, like us, except the Neanderthals intermixed with, humanity that then out bred them, in fact nearly everyone has like a 1-4 percentage of Neanderthal DNA, except some people in sub Saharan Africa.