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Originally Posted by MMM
Line up 100 Koreans and 100 Kenyans and I guarantee you I can pick out who is from which country pretty accurately.
No differences? Really?
I say there are signifigant differences between Korean and Japanese physicalities. You say there is no genentic difference. Fine. I can see a difference, though. Just like I can see a difference between Kenyans and Koreans.
All three groups look different to me, so either I am crazy, or there is something different.
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Of course there is a difference between a Korean and a Kenyan and that is because (I'll repeat it again) there ARE regional tendencies but these tendencies are vast BUT for the most part ONLY skin deep. The difference between an African and an Asian is due to the distance between Africa and Asia.
As for you being able to tell the difference between a Japanese and a Korean... I don't think you're crazy... I'm sure there are cultural things you could pick up on. For example if I saw an Asian wearing a baseball shirt I would assume Japanese for the simple fact that baseball is big in Japan. But I seriously doubt you could tell the difference if 100 Japanese and Koreans were lined up naked in front of you. Even if you scored highly in such a test, if you couldn't score 100% (like I would imagine you would score if such a test involved Koreans and Africans) it would prove my point.
Anyway... what I just typed reminded me of the compromise we came to the last time we discussed this.
The fact that Japanese were isolated for quite a while MIGHT (I'm stressing the "might" because I'm now jumping to conclusions) make them less varied in appearance than say their continental neighbours... therefore physically more distinguishable as a nation.
This was the compromise we made last time no?