Reply #43: The analysis does not seem complete, or the reporting is off

[kcwayne]

A single individual with a mutation on skin pigmentation does not address the other physical characteristics such as nose, lips, and eye features that are differentiators between Asian, European, and African races. What about red, blond, and brown hair that is thin, versus thick curly hair or straight and thick black hair?

It just seems to me (without the benefit of access to the data or specialization in genetics) that the path to the racial differences is more complex than a single individual's mutations.

It seems more probable that something like a disease or environmental influence would be a probable cause for a genetic mutation, such that the mutation occurs in numerous people at relatively the same time. And then propagation takes its course, with the more common genetic variety that drives all cell mitosis.

I am not a biologist, but I did sleep in a comfortable bed last night.....