[PapaBear3625]

What they found was a number of genetic variants in regions along the genome that both Neandertals and modern humans shared as a result of positive natural selection, "including genes involved in metabolism and in cognitive and skeletal development"

In other words, there are distinct genetic differences between African and non-African populations, and these differences include genes that affect IQ. The researchers better be prepared to be burned at the stake once these findings are absorbed by the general public.

[muawiyah]

What they are saying, of course, is that Eurasian populations got their smart genes from the Neanderthals ~ which is probably about as popular as the “out of Africa” thesis.

[varmintman]

In other words, there are distinct genetic differences between African and non-African populations, and these differences include genes that affect IQ.

Maybe you could tell us why the greatest poet ever to write in any IndoEuropean language (Pushkin) was a man of color or how his great grandfather, a pure African kid given to Tsar Peter by the sultan of Turkey became a major minister in Tsar Peter's court, or how Scott Joplin became the greatest American composer of piano music, or how.....

Science and bullshit don't really mix well.

[truth_seeker]

“In other words, there are distinct genetic differences between African and non-African populations, and these differences include genes that affect IQ. The researchers better be prepared to be burned at the stake once these findings are absorbed by the general public. “

I read “The Bell Curve” shortly after it came out. Highly documented, shows black average IQ of 85.

There are significant differences in physical types, so why not mental types?

Conservatives knew all along that being Neanderthal would turn out to be a good thing!!