Race, says Cavalli-Sforza, has hardly any useful biological meaning at all. It is about adaptation. Grain-eaters between the Baltic and Black Sea got pale skin, pale eyes and pale hair because they were under selective pressure to process more Vitamin D from limited sunlight.
J M Ledgard, Exodus, Intelligent Life, Summer 2009

Abdullah is quick to show off his lifestock. There's no arguing about their beauty: the goats are massive, with a coat that would be the envy of any herd in Oman. He insists they are the most pure of breeds, as old as the mountains, untouched by outside influence. "People from the Emirates came here once," he says, "and they wanted to buy my entire stock, at RO400 apiece." He sold them two instead. His pride and joy is a massive white goat called Shwakho. "We call our children 'kashekh,' which means 'beautiful.' So I turned the word around and used it for my goat, which is so good looking."

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