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When did different races start?

Different languages started at Tower of Babylon, but what about color's of skin etc .

Update:

Well thank you all for paying attention not only to the question, but also for the ans. I did know the ans and wanted to see how some felt about it . I do agree 1 human race, not from apes or any thing else God Bless all who took time.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    most likely due to the climates of the countries and no one really knows..

  • 1 decade ago

    The Tower of Babylon? Not so much. I think you meant the tower of "Babel", and even if you did you're incorrect. Every tribal nation in every part of the world developed language independent of each other, and therefore different from each other. The alteration of skin color and certain physical features began when mankind had spread to a sufficient number of different geographic regions with different climates, foods, and environmental factors for physical changes to begin taking effect over the course of generations. If what you're looking for is an actual "date", they weren't keeping dates back then. We're talking about a LONG time ago, dude. Think 100,000 years and then think even farther back.

  • 1 decade ago

    The races were created on the 6th day. there was also creation on the 8th day. Genesis 11:1-9 kjv The tower of babel. man tried to build his own salvation by constructing the tower to get to heaven, t they were given tongues (different) languages so they could not tell or talk about what they saw.

  • 1 decade ago

    The fable about different languages having their origins with the tower of Babel is nonsense as this came from an old adage about humanity no longer being in accord with each other.

    As for the different color of skin that is all about changes due to climate.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    There is only one race called the human race. Distinctions according to skin color are perceptional only. All humans were at one time black, as they migrated north and east skin colors changed because of changing levels of melanin. Human migration out of Africa occurred between 50,000 and 150,000 years ago.

  • Kryten
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Man moved out of Africa in several waves. Due to different climates suiting different features and body types, light skins and eyes tended to dominate and become the norm in northern Europe, where a black skin would mean insufficient vitamin D production.

  • 1 decade ago

    It's the Tower of Babel, not Babylon, and that's fictional mythology. Pick up a science book on anthropology.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    All races originate from Adam and Eve.

    The human race has the same blood.

  • 1 decade ago

    I think it started sooner than that with Noah's sons and their wives going to different areas of the globe.

  • 1 decade ago

    Rivalry led to letters of agreement between fica, USAC, and NASCAR.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    idk...it all started in eden,africa...and eventually when ppl spreaded out...and depending on where the sun hit them...they got lighter are darker...God separated the tongues of ppl to keep certain things hidden until the appointed time...i think ive read before...

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