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How are skeletons of different ethnicities different?

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Differences in fracture risk between different racial and ethnic groups have been noted and investigated for many years. Despite this, our understanding of the basis for these differences is still incomplete. read more

Difficult question because it depends what you mean by race and different. The simple answer is that if you see a difference in a living individual, there is probably something different in the skeleton too. read more

Alcoholism, for example, appears to strike different races at different rates. Asians (and American Indians to whom they are related) react more strongly than whites to alcohol. More Asians than whites show an allergic reaction to alcohol and therefore do not drink, whereas many American Indians seem to have a biological predisposition to alcoholism. read more

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