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Originally Posted by Mynydd
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Yeah, good brown-eyed "Nordid" indeed.
I'll get back to you later, right now I am in a hurry. The basic assumption of 30's anthro was that metrical similarity equals relationships, total bollocks. Nordids and Alpines in Germany for example are genetically identical, yet thanks to Coon and buffoons like Amorsite and OEN we think they stem from different source. Despite the other has just inhabitet harsher living conditions few generation longer than his Nordid brother.
Since I am busy I quote directly Polako from HBF, he is briefly illustrating how it's dangerous to make assumption based on morphological traits since they can change in such a short period of time thanks to nutrion and environmental stimuli. In parts of Germany and parts of Eastern Europe cephalic index's has dropped even 7 points in just fourty year. It would be ridiculous to start attain dolichocephalic son to a different racial source or timeframe than his Borrreby father (Coon's example) based on such a vague racial indicators as the formation of upper-lip, cephalic-index....etc
"The heads and faces of Germans in the cities has lengthened by a great amount over the past 20 years.
But genetically they are still the same as their parents and Germans in the country.
The genes haven't changed. But the bones have changed due to a different diet and lifestyle."
Anyway, I'll get back later.