Does the environment and the food we eat change the way we look even if we were of the same race ?

Question

I'm of a pure chinese decent with my grandparents from China. My Indonesian chinese friends look different from Singaporean Chinese and of course we all look very different from Chinese from China. American born chinese also look very different. American ****** look different from African ****** even when they are pure ****** with decendants from Africa. Why do we look different when we are the same race in different parts of the world?

Answer 1

No. I think most people misunderstand evolution. Organisms don't just change their DNA in the middle of their lifespan in response to the environment. Rather, the environment selects the individuals within a species that already happen to be the best adapted to the environment. Also, small variances in color and shape or other inconsequential traits are simply a product of the randomness of gene mutation. Some mutations turn out to be useful, other mutations simply exist because they are or because the opposite gender happened to find them more attractive, increasing the chances that the trait would be passed on to more offspring.
To account for the slight variances in the way same races look who originate in different parts of the world, the explanation is simply geography. When members of the same species are geographically separated, they not only have their own random mutations, but the inevitable intertwining of their genes with other races adds a whole new gene mix to the equation.

Answer 2

I'm surprised you consider "it tastes good" to be false and debunkable. I find it does taste good. Silly me. Also it is nutritious and I was taught to eat it. That's why I do. Also, it is natural. How can you say it's not? Look around you - all kinds of creatures, most, I'd venture, eat meat - or other bugs or other whatevers, algae, but someone dies to make someone else's meal. That is natural, if you define natural as meaning it occurs in nature. In fact right behind sex, it is the poster child for natural, I'd say. Wouldn't you, really? Of course so is fighting and urinating - neither of which is a preferred behavior - so natural doesn't necessarily mean something we like - tornados are natural too -

Answer 3

Environment may be, food certainly not.
I will ask you. If you are of pure chinese descent, with four chinese grand parents, why should Chinese from China be different ? Are your Indonesian chinese friends of pure chinese descent ?

Answer 4

Ni hao ma?
Answer to your question is in yes.

For example If an American started living in India for long time not only his habbits his body will also started changing. Because of food what we eat and the environment in which we live.

In this entire universe it is the quality of a human that human can adjust in any environment.

Haven't you seen decedents of different races. You have already answered your question.

Xie Xie

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Answer 5

Of course. Different environments, food, etc.. Have different effects on the body.

Answer 6

yes

we all can from the first 2 people

so food and land change people alot

Answer 7

yes, Indeed, healthy food means healthy bodies and healthy brains.

Answer 8

Yeah, eat McDonalds all the time and you'll have a fat black person, a fat hispanic person, a fat white person, and a fat oriental person.

Answer 9

No.

Answer 10

BUNNIES KILL LOBSTERS!