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I get the question, " why do people have different appearances around the world?" I realize that God separated the people at the tower of Babel by language. I answer the question with, "different appearances come from intermarriage and genetic progression due to the geographical change." The asker doesn't accept this answer. Can you help with an answer that might be more acceptable? If I'm wrong, correct me. If I'm close can you get me closer? Anything you can do to help me answer this question would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Interesting question, David.
Basically, there are three groups of people in the world, Mongoloid, ("Asian"), Caucasoid ("White"), and Negroid ("Black"). Generally, many so called Latin types, with black hair and brown eyes, such as are found in Mexico, fall into the Asian class. I live in China and sometimes vacation in Mexico. There is an obvious resemblance. Many people in either Mexico or China could pass for members of the other group quite easily. The same could be said for American Indians and Eskimos.
There were three sons of Noah who repopulated the earth after the flood.
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