<I personally think that such an extreme and unforgiving climate, coupled with small fairly isolated populations helped to concentrate "intelligence" genes within the populations of the Eurasian peoples. Stupid people, on average, simply wouldn't live long enough to reproduce in such a climate. This would help to explain, for the most part, why civilization never took hold in "the crib" of Mankind.
I don't see the plains of Africa as being that much less extreme and unforgiving than the northern ice fields. There are a number of theories as to why large, complex civilizations developed more readily in the middle latitudes than near the Equator (agricultural issues and others), but I don't think it had anything to do with the inherent intelligence of the inhabitants.
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- The DC Snipers are really Bush Sr.'s fault:
- Blame the Five percenters...A branch of the Nation of Islam...
- He did command everyone to call him "god".
- From their website...Notice Teaching #7
- Sure, the original people of earth were from Africa, but not "black"
- This makes their "theology" a heresy toevery monotheistic religion, including Islam
- If the black man is god, then I'm 100% atheist. (n/t) (n/t)
- Blame the Five percenters...A branch of the Nation of Islam...