# Genetic basis of race uncovered.

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**Created:** [July 2, 2002, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetic-basis-of-race-uncovered/117001 "2002-07-02T09:06:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetic-basis-of-race-uncovered/117001/81 "2002-07-10T07:21:58Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Collounsbury \*  
> [ but the actual greater diversity is no longer a claim (in 98 it might still have been a claim), it is a **fact**. The _original research_ has been cited here.

Lets make one more correction here. It was actually the spring of 97 when the fact was reported to be nailed down by Lynn Jorde in the study of cell lines of 72 Africans, 63 Asians, and 120 Europeans. No difference between Asians and Europeans, but the greater African genetic diversity was determined at 20%.

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