23 JAN 2015 by ideonexus
Morphological Diversity of Random Town
Tally spent the day walking around the city, marveling at how different it was from her
own.
She saw new pretties and uglies hanging out together, friends that the operation
hadn't separated. And littlies clinging to their ugly older brothers and sisters instead
of being stuck in Crumblyville with their parents. Those small changes were almost as
surprising as the wild facial structures, skin textures, and body mods she encountered.
Almost. It might take a while to get used to coats of downy...Folksonomies: science fiction
Folksonomies: science fiction
21 SEP 2011 by ideonexus
Human Race Differences the Result of Sexual Selection
Most of the genetic differences between races are trivial. And yet others,
those physical differences between a Japanese individual and a Finn,
a Masai, and an Inuit, are striking. We have the interesting situation,
then, that the overall differences in gene sequences between peoples are
minor, yet those same groups show dramatic differences in a range of
visually apparent traits, such as skin color, hair color, body form, and
nose shape. These obvious physical differences are not characteris...Cultural norms in different societies probably shaped many of the physical differences we see between races today, different definitions of beauty.