Hi Dave,

there may be some linkage in the mating 
> frequency of a race and its age as a race... i.e. Italian race = 
> youngest and one of the African races = the oldest.
>

Millifera race = youngest = boreal
Italian race = youngest  = in-between equatorial and boreal
African races = the oldest = equatorial

 . ..   Keith Malone, Chugiak, Alaska USA

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