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		gort on Dec 14, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are Europeans the whitest people on the planet... It was in scare quotes to indicate that it doesn't really have a clear scientific meaning.

camccann on Dec 15, 2009 [–]

In practice, the meaning of "more highly evolved" is generally something like "more similar to the person using the phrase".

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