is it true that a Negro skull is thicker than a Caucasian skull?

Question

is it true that a Negro skull is thicker than a Caucasian skull?

Answer 1

On the average, nope. Also note that Negro is a term denoting skin color, while Caucasian is a term denoting geographic location/origin. This is one reason why we don't use such terms anymore.



EDIT: You can call yourself a Caucasian all day long. People who study these things won't, however, because the term is useless scientifically, and it's culturally loaded (with an ugly little history of racial superiority studies). No one is trying to "grey" everything. We still use categories, it's just that the ones we use now are simply better.



But then I'm not surprised a self-described Caucasian would want to keep things stratified and blame the "coloured" people for trying to bring all that down. Sorry pal, most people are getting tired of playing king of the hill with race.

Answer 2

Negro Skull

Answer 3

What does this have to do with evolution? It certainly doesn't disprove human evolution. You claim the skull shape is that of Europeans. Can you give some evidence? Have palentologists or anthropologists weighed in on the evidence? Has the skull shape been compared to native American skulls and conclusively demonstrated that it could not possibly be native American, or is a superficial similarity enough for a sensationalist statement? Assuming it IS an European skull. Does this disprove evolution, or does it merely demonstrate Europeans came to North America long before we otherwise suspected? Is the skull really 13,000 years old? There are dozens of weak points in your claim. A flaw in the theory of Evolution isn't even remotely the likeliest point of failure.

Answer 4

Nothing wrong with differentiation. Let's keep things in category mode. It makes for a more interesting world. Trying to "grey" all things is a coloured man's wish. I am a proud Caucasian and am quite happy with the term..

Answer 5

There is a bit of variation, but that exists within and among all groups of people. I would say no, particularly because the group "Caucasian" encompasses a wide range of people, from India through the Middle East through western Europe. Variation, variation, variation!



On one hand, it bothers me that people want to be blind to the inherent physiological differences between populations (it IS possible to determine ancestry through analysis of cranial structures), but on the other hand it bothers me just as much that some people want to determine an average to describe two "races" as different from each other because of those variations.

Answer 6

no, it is not true.