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- From: oysteing@garm.idt.unit.no (Oystein Groevlen)
- Subject: Re: Why are Kenyans so fast and US distance runners so slow?
- In-Reply-To: Thomas.C.Pinckney@williams.edu's message of 22 Jan 1993 15:18:51 GMT
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- Organization: Div. of CS & Telematics, Norwegian Institute of Technology
- References: <1jp38rINN9fb@savoy.cc.williams.edu>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 11:30:55
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- In article <1jp38rINN9fb@savoy.cc.williams.edu> Thomas.C.Pinckney@williams.edu writes:
- > (1) The differences cannot be primarily genetic since Kenyans
- > from many different tribes have excelled internationally. Richard Chelimo
- > is no more closely related to Paul Ereng or Yobes Ondieki than he is
- > to most American blacks.
-
- I don't really follow this. Did not most American slaves come from
- Western Africa? This is like saying that I am not more genetical
- related to a Swede than to a Greek.
-
- I have often wondered if it is only a coincidence that while Eastern
- Africans are good at long distances, both Western Africans and
- American Blacks are good at shorter distances. I am not claiming that
- the reason for this is genetic. It could also be cultural reasons for
- this.
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- Oystein Groevlen
- Division of Computer Systems and Telematics
- The Norwegian Institute of Technology
- The University of Trondheim
- Email: oysteing@idt.unit.no
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