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Templeton summarizes his conclusions, as well as maintaining
his preconceived belief in evolution, in these terms:

Race is a real cultural, political and economic concept in society,
but it is not a biological concept, and that unfortunately is what
many people wrongfully consider to be the essence of race in hu-
mans — genetic differences... I wanted to bring some objectivity
to the topic. This very objective analysis shows the outcome is not
even a close call: There's nothing even like a really distinct subdi-
vision of humanity. 58
According to Templeton's conclusions, the genetic similar-
ity between Europeans and sub-Saharan Africans, and between
Europeans and the Melanesians inhabiting islands northeast of
Australia is greater than that between Africans and
Melanesians. However, sub-Saharan Africans and Melanesians
resemble each other in many ways, sharing dark skin, hair tex-

ture, and cranial-facial features. Though these features are typi-
cally used in describing a race, these populations resemble each
other very little, genetically speaking. This finding, Templeton
states, shows that “racial traits” are not observed in the genes. 59
In their book The History and Geography of Human Genes,
population geneticists Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Paolo Menozzi and
Alberto Piazza arrive at the following conclusion:

Once the genes for surface traits such as coloration and stature are
discounted, the human “races” are remarkably alike under the
skin. The variation among individuals is much greater than the
differences among groups. 60
Time magazine's analysis of their book had this to say:
In fact, the diversity among individuals is so enormous that the
whole concept of race becomes meaningless at the genetic level.
The authors say there is “no scientific basis” for the theories tout-
ing the genetic superiority of any one population over another...

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