Does one race or another accumulate muscle mass or develop brain cells quicker than another race?

Question

Although the world's three (or five, depending) races are nearly biologically identical, with like skeletal structure and brain capacity etc... does any one race accumulate muscle tissue, develop neurons faster, or express a heightened capacity to learn more knowledge or at a faster rate or develop heightened physical abilities or prowess?

Answer 1

Yea I think so, many blacks are usually well built without even lifting a weight. I bet people of European descent are usually smarter than say, african-americans. I mean look at how many white people are scientists and how many black people are in prison....

Answer 2

You have no idea how many books have been written on this subject, and how many times I still have to answer this question in an average week.

The short answer is "No." The long answer is "Your initial premise in the question is flawed, so the answer has to be no."

It's like you just asked me if certain breeds of dogs have larger wings than others. I'd have to answer no, since dogs don't have wings. Similarly, you're asking if one race is superior to another in some way. I have to answer no, since the concept of race is flawed for classification to begin with.

Certain PEOPLE develop differently than others. Maybe even certain POPULATIONS of people do. Races do not, because the definition of a race is squirrely and contains heavy bias.

Answer 3

There is overlap but blacks tend to have more fast twitch muscles and are often leaner.  There are racial differences and some people like me, Irish, accumulate muscle far more easily than my Vietnamese friends.  I doubt that is necessarily true of all Asians or all Irish.  

It would be interesting to know if some groups are smarter or they just work harder.  Again I am sure there is considerable overlap in all groups.

Answer 4

Having run track for three years, I have observed that blacks often dominate the running events.  Naturally, they tend to have genetic coding that makes their fast-twitch muscles significantly longer than that of other ethnicities, making them more powerful and efficient runners a lot of the time.  This is the only instance of one ethnic group having a well defined and specific trait that is superior to that of other ethnic groups, but I'm sure there are others.

Answer 5

So far as I know, "race" is still a social construct.

Answer 6

Nope.  The differences between the races are largely cosmetic.  Any deeper differences tend to be cultural.  For instance, Asians aren't really smarter than everyone else.  Their culture just puts more emphasis on learning and the family.  Black people aren't more athletic; that's just traditionally the only way they've been able to get ahead in the US.

Answer 7

There is only one species of man, and that is HOMO SAPIEN.

And Homo Sapien is divided into three main races: Caucazoid, *******, and Mongoloid.

And all three races are equivalent in genetic development with evolutionary phenotypic differences.