At 12:23 PM 7/18/2006, RFaussette@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 7/18/2006 11:39:11 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>janmatch@earthlink.net writes:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667814/posts
>"..For example, did you know the Inuit have the largest brains of
>any modern humans? Something to do with the cold climate. Presumably, if
>..." [snip]
>
>Yes, but the Arctic peoples average IQ is only 91. See the
>explanation for the correlation between severe winters and
>intelligence in Richard Lynn's Race Differences in Intelligence: An
>Evolutionary Analysis. The Arctic peoples defy the correlation with
>big brains and relatively low IQs. Lynn suggests it is because
>their population is so small. ~ rich faussette
@ So if this "global warming hooey ever takes off, [and] their
brains [shrink] with the ice caps", does this mean that their IQs
won't be affected?
~ Janice
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