12th Commitment - Carson Hansen

I mean, it's a positive stereotype but there's pretty clear evidence statistically, black running backs are faster. Doesn't mean Christian McCaffrey is an alien but he's certainly an exception.
I'm fascinated by the human genome project, the goal of which was to map and sequence 'all of the genes of the human animal from both a physical and a functional standpoint' - paraphrasing wiki. Some 20,000 various population groups worldwide were genetically recorded in the late '90s, if I have it correctly.

So, all populations today we know derive from a couple of individuals in eastern Africa 200,000 years ago, the genesis of modern humankind. Our Mom and Dad. Over time the diaspora out of Africa saw populations move into colder climes, and physical human changes included:

> Whiter skin (less direct sunlight required the diminishing of skin melanin to allow the absorption of vitamin D).

> Straight hair (60 percent of body heat escapes through the top of the human head; Africans' curly hair acts as a radiator, allowing heat to escape).

> Narrower and longer noses, all that northern colder air needed to be filtered before it reached human lungs.

> Thinner lips. Lips, I believe, are sweat glands. If you need body cooling, would you rather be able to cool yourself in tropical regions or in colder climes?

We're the same animals, all 7 billion of us. Those of us more recently out of tropical regions might be faster and more nimble than those of us who for millennia trudged slowly about winter months in snow and ice.

Just sayin'. (My confession, I'm no more than a basic reader of popular science. I'll happily surrender myself to correction by those who possess scientific information and are willing to correct my understandings.)
 
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I'm fascinated by the human genome project, the goal of which was to map and sequence 'all of the genes of the human animal from both a physical and a functional standpoint' - paraphrasing wiki. Some 20,000 various population groups worldwide were genetically recorded in the late '90s, if I have it correctly.

So, all populations today we know derive from a couple of individuals in eastern Africa 200,000 years ago, the genesis of modern humankind. Our Mom and Dad. Over time the diaspora out of Africa saw populations move into colder climes, and physical human changes included:

> Whiter skin (less direct sunlight required the diminishing of skin melanin to allow the absorption of vitamin D).

> Straight hair (60 percent of body heat escapes through the top of the human head; Africans' curly hair acts as a radiator, allowing heat to escape).

> Narrower and longer noses, all that northern colder air needed to be filtered before it reached human lungs.

> Thinner lips. Lips, I believe, are sweat glands. If you need body cooling, would you rather be able to cool yourself in tropical regions or in colder climes?

We're the same animals, all 7 billion of us. Those of us more recently out of tropical regions might be faster and more nimble than those of us who for millennia trudged slowly about winter months in snow and ice.

Just sayin'. (My confession, I'm no more than a basic reader of popular science. I'll happily surrender myself to correction by those who possess scientific information and are willing to correct my understandings.)
Everyone's got a genetic advantage in some sport. Kenyan's dominate distance running. Jamaican's dominate sprints. Eastern Europeans and Icelanders dominate strength and power lifting. The Nordics dominate skiing sports. The Irish dominate drinking.
 
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Kenyan's dominate distance running. Jamaican's dominate sprints. Eastern Europeans and Icelanders dominate strength and power lifting. The Irish dominate drinking.
Ahhhh, that explains it. I'm Scot, English . . . and Irish! Ha! Nice to be good at something.
 
Cylights.. He is listed as an athlete on graphics and plays in a WEIRD high school offense. It's also a fair question as how many white RB's are there in P5 football?

(Why is it hard to ask the white RB question without sounding like a terrible person?)

Do people forget what kind of offense Jihrel played in? This wouldn’t be our first Rb from a weird system under CMC
 
Who the hawks thought walked on water and turned water into wine.

He's someone who had a really nice college career and one of the most exciting Iowa high school players in the state's history, but at the end of the day, there's a whole bunch of fanbases that have never heard of him.

Bucky fans don't even know who Gallery is and UW is a Lineman U.