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Jul 10Racy.
As an Asian guy with an extremely long torso and short legs, I thought this was interesting:
Anthropometric measurements of large populations show that systematic differences exist among blacks, whites and Asians. The published evidence is massive: blacks have longer limbs than whites, and because blacks have longer legs and smaller circumferences (e.g. calves and arms), their center of mass is higher than that in other individuals of the same height. Asians and whites have longer torsos, therefore their centers of mass are lower.
I’m generally suspicious of “inherent genetic advantage” arguments, but at least I know I’m not alone.
