Evolution Trumps Creationism

[Zazzy]

So how does the fact that Sub-Saharan Africans have a LOT more genetic diversity than any other human population fit in? Sub-Saharan Africans actually have more genetic diversity among themselves than all other humans put together. Way more.

How does your little theory explain that?

Because the scientific theory of evolution explains it perfectly.

Thank you for posting this info- it's a lovely story that perfectly illustrates how we know what we know about genetic diversity. If the first humans came from sub-Saharan Africa (and all evidence points to this), it makes beautiful sense that this population would show a great deal more genetic diversity than the subsequent human populations that grew out of adaptive radiation from that original group. The same is true of the wonderful history of dog evolution.

And to comment on other posts here about race: the genetics of race (especially as it relates to skin color) are very well understood. It's another user-friendly set of facts that are very easy to understand. If anyone wants to know more about either of these, let me (or Rahul, since he had the insight to post about this in the first place) know, and I would be happy to say more about it, or post links, or both.