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Is this going to be a new Montesquieu's climatoethnic justification for racism?

• enriquto 7y ago
  What does it have to do with race? Aren't there people of every race in every climate?
  • ceejayoz 7y ago
    The proportions of people with brown/black skin tend to increase as you approach the equator.
    • opportune 7y ago
      It’s a pretty obvious genetic adaptation to dealing with varying levels of sunlight. You even see it in the Americas which (presumably) is based off a relatively recent, smallish founder population