For Heaven's sake Debbie - DROP IT - You are coming across as a dictatorial, pompous, know it all and bringing the English into disrepute. 90% of listers here are just not interested. For the sake of all our sanities let it go. You don't have to have the last word, really. Carol Gilbert foothead@one-name.org On 29 Jun 2014, at 23:13, Debbie Kennett <debbiekennett@gmail.com> wrote: > Ken > > I have provided links to critical views of Wade's work. I have yet to > receive any sensible response from anyone explaining why they disagree with > the technical points raised in those critical reviews. As you seem to be the > only person who has even attempted to read the book perhaps you can > enlighten me and point me to the scientific papers which are supposed to > support Nicholas Wade's view that there are distinct biological races. > > James Watson, as I'm sure you will know, was forced to retire early after > making racist comments: > > http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/fury-at-dna-pioneers-theory-africa > ns-are-less-intelligent-than-westerners-394898.html > > It's not surprising that he endorses Wade's book. I'm not familiar with the > other two scientists, but population geneticists have uniformaly denounced > Wade's book. > > Wade's education and work history are somewhat irrelevant. The focus should > be on the arguments. No one has yet provided any evidence in support of > Wade's arguments. > > Debbie > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to Y-DNA-HAPLOGROUP-I-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message