The Role Of Race In Evolutionary Medicine

Geographical origin and self-reported ancestry have a large role in evolutionary medicine, however Race as it is commonly used has no real significance in genetics. The contribution of total human species genetic diversity due to differences between races (intergroup) is less than 15%, remember races have sub-races so even this number is too big (save the details for another time). About 85% of all human genetic diversity comes from within a RACE, meaning that the most genetic diversity would be found within any given race and not between them. These numbers, as some of you might know, come from an old study that although profoundly mistaken in its conclusions (the discussion section in journals are not always scientific, the results are) the