Every human being who has ever lived has been unique, and has differed from every other human being. There are, of course, differences that are due to the different personal experiences that each person has after being born. However, the most significant source of differences among people, excluding identical twins, has to do with the genes that are inherited from their parents.

Each person inherits genes from a mother and a father. If, for example, the mother has type O blood and the father has type O blood, the child will also have type O blood, and not some other type of blood. The reason for this is that type O is the only type of gene that either parent is able to donate to the child.

Because early humans migrated great distances across the earth, it was not the case throughout history that all people were equally likely to have children with all other people on the earth. In other words, genes did not tend to spread homogeneously around the world. People had children with people that they encountered in the same general area of the earth. This has led to large distinctions, or groupings, of the human species into subspecies, and distinctions of subspecies into races.

Each race is unique in the set of genes that predominates among its people. The farther away from each other in space that two races have lived, and the longer in time that the races have been separated from each other, the greater the differences in the genes that pass among the people in each race. In addition to the differences in the type of genes, there is another significant difference. Each race is also unique in the age of its genes. In other words, each race is unique in its age. It can now be demonstrated that environmental factors have greatly influenced the rate at which genes, races, languages, and cultures have aged over the millennia that mankind has been sapient.

A very appropriate analogy to the relationship among the different races within the human species is the relationship among the different siblings within a family.

Within a family, all of the siblings are related. Yet each sibling is at a different age and at a somewhat different stage of physical and mental development. No sibling should be considered to be any "better" or any "worse" than any of the others, and none should be considered to be any more or less intelligent than any of the others. However, the differences between youth who are a year or two apart in age are significant and measurable.

In the book Evolution Through The Dimensions Of Time & Space, it is demonstrated that each race is genetically at a different age. The nature of the differences among the races within the human family follows the same pattern as the nature of the differences between siblings within a family who are of close but different ages. The differences in the mental and physical characteristics of each race follow this same pattern of distinction. The differences in the grammars of the languages that are spoken by each race follow this same pattern of distinction. The differences in the tendencies and emphasis in the development of the culture of each race follow this same pattern of distinction.

Each person is born with a fixed set of genes. Personal experiences after birth can greatly influence the development of each individual, but only within the range allowed by the inherited genes. In the same way, each modern race, language, and culture relates to a fairly fixed set of genes. The experiences of each race of people throughout history have greatly influenced the growth and development of the people, language, and culture, but only within the range allowed by the common genes.

The Speed Of Light Is Constant

The sun is in constant, non-stop motion through the galaxy and through the universe. The earth is in constant motion around the sun. Therefore, even when "standing still," people and objects on the earth are constantly in motion through space. Motion of objects through space takes time. All objects that exist in space are constantly in motion through space. All of these objects therefore also exist in time, and are constantly in motion through time. People and objects on the earth are constantly passing through time, or aging, or evolving.

Motion through space over time is motion through "space-time." People and objects on the earth move about the earth. People can walk or run, rocks can slide down a hill or be thrown, etc. As we look around us, we notice that objects can and do move through space at unequal and changing rates of speed. In the same way, we can now recognize that people, and objects, around us can and do move through time at unequal and changing rates of speed.

Although the rate of motion of objects through space is not constant, and although the rate of motion of objects through time is not constant, modern physics recognizes that all objects in the universe move through space-time at the exact same rate of speed. This universally constant rate of motion of objects through space-time is known as the speed of light.

According to modern physics, the speed of light is constant throughout space-time. The speed of light is not constant throughout space, and the speed of light is not constant throughout time, but the speed of light is constant throughout space-time.

According to modern physics, in order for the rate of motion through space-time to be constant, in order for the speed of light to be constant, the greater the rate of motion of an object through space, the less its rate of motion through time, and vice versa.

An example of this is often proposed using a pair of twin brothers. If one of the brothers were to board a space craft and fly away for 50 earth years at a rate of motion through space that approaches the speed of light, his rate of motion through time for those years would approach zero. When he finally comes back to earth, the twins would find that the brother who had remained on earth had aged 50 years during his absence, but that the brother who had left had aged almost not at all.

The Speed Of Space And Time Is Not Constant

The rate of motion of objects through space-time is constant. However, objects can and do constantly change their rate of motion through space. As well, objects can and do constantly change their rate of motion through time.

Motion through time is also known by other names. Motion through time is known as aging. It is also known as evolution.

The rate at which the human species, the various subspecies, and the different races have aged since the birth of the species has not been constant throughout history. As well, each race has aged at a slightly different rate, and so is now at a slightly different age.

The greater the rate of motion of an object through space, the greater the distance that the object will move through space over a given period of time. In the same way, the greater the distance that an object moves through space, the less the distance that the object moves through time; the less the object ages.

For example, it is commonly recognized that people who exercise more throughout life, in other words move their bodies more through space, tend to remain younger longer, in other words age more slowly, or move more slowly through time.

The Age Of Each Race Is Unique

The ancestors of the speakers of Chinese were among the first people to leave Africa. Their slow migration lasted thousands of years, and it took them thousands of miles across the earth to what is now China. Of all of the primary centers of civilization of mankind in the Old World, the Chinese have moved the most through space.

The civilization that remained to this day in the homeland of mankind in Africa has moved the least through space of all civilizations over the millennia that mankind has been sapient.

As the speed of light is constant throughout space-time, the Chinese, who have moved the greatest distance through space, have moved the least distance through time. Therefore, genetically, the Chinese form the youngest civilization of mankind. In the same way, the civilization of Swahili, which evolved in the homeland of mankind in Africa, forms the oldest, or most evolved, civilization of mankind.

Be aware that the words "youngest" and "oldest" are double edged words. The Chinese civilization can be considered the "oldest" civilization on earth if we consider how many years "before today" the civilization began its path apart from the other civilizations of mankind. However, the Chinese civilization must be considered the "youngest" civilization on earth when we consider that the ancestors of the modern speakers left Africa first, when mankind was still at its youngest stage of evolution, and that the greater motion through space has caused Chinese to remain "younger" (less motion through time) than all subsequent civilizations ever since.

This difference in age between the Chinese civilization and the African civilization is not extreme. However, it is now measurable, and it is extremely significant.

This theory explores the nature of the differences in genetic age among the races. These differences greatly affect what we have come to understand about each race, the language that is spoken by each race, the culture that has been developed by each race, and the physical and mental characteristics of each race. A very brief introduction to the significance of these differences will be provided here.

The Human Species Is One Family

As stated before, a very appropriate analogy to the relationship among the various races of the species is the relationship among the siblings within a family.

As explained in the book, the human species has now evolved to the adolescent stage of development. The ancestors of the Chinese people have traveled the most through space, all the way from Africa to China, and so form the youngest modern civilization, which can be considered to be analogous to youth of some 13 years of age. The ancestors of the African civilization have traveled the least through space, as they remained in Africa, and so form the oldest civilization, which can be considered to be analogous to youth of some 17 years of age. The Indo-European civilization, which includes speakers of English, is genetically much older than speakers of Chinese, yet it is younger than the civilization of Africa, and can be considered to be analogous to youth of some 16 years of age.

This does not mean that all people of each civilization are at the exact same age, or that each African is genetically older than each Chinese, but that this is the "average" genetic age of the large number of people that make up each civilization.

All races are therefore at a very similar age of development. The differences in age are very small, compared with, for example, modern people relative to our ancestors in the stone age. However small the differences in the age of the various races are, they are still very significant, and they are now measurable.

Language

When children are born, they have no idea about the organization of nature, and they have no language that will help them to organize their understanding of nature. Newborn children have lived through too little time to be well aware of time. As children age, they evolve to a better understanding of the organization of nature. They learn a language, which helps them to organize their understanding of nature. Only after they have lived through some number of months can children come to understand and relate to the unit of time of the month, and only after they have lived through some number of years can children come to understand and relate to the unit of time of the year. As children age, or evolve, their ability to relate to objects in time and space around them evolves. The way that they relate to their language, which enables them to manipulate and be consciousness of time and space, also develops. As children age, they become more organized, and their minds learn to organize what they understand about the world around them.

Many people think that any one language is basically identical to any other language. This is not true. Swahili, for example, can now be demonstrated to have a grammatical organization that is incredibly highly evolved. The grammar of Swahili had evolved to an entire dimension of organization beyond the organization of the grammar of English. The grammar of Chinese, which is a much younger language, is much less organized than either English or Swahili.

It can now be demonstrated that the entire sound structure and grammatical structure of each language manifests a pattern of organization that reflects the stage of evolution of the language at the time that the ancestors of the modern speakers left Africa, which is the point in time that forms the basis for its age relative to the other languages.

Culture

The trends in cultural development, and each culture's unique emphasis in development, manifests a pattern of evolution that reflects the same pattern-oriented distinctions as with language.

When children are young, they have lived through very little time, and so do not understand time well. Young children learn about their world by observing the space around them. As children age, as they pass through more time, they develop more of a past, and they come to depend more on their past to understand what they see in space in the present. Children are more aware of space than time, and as they age they grow to become more aware of time than of space.

This helps explain why the Chinese culture, the youngest culture, has so excelled in the development of culture using space. The Chinese traditionally excel in art, metal work, writing, and other forms of culture that involve things that occupy space, things that are seen with the eyes in space. A painting, for example, does not change in space as it is viewed over time. The African cultures are much older, and orient more to time than to space. This helps explain why they have so excelled in the development of culture using time. An example of this is music, at which Africans excel. Sound is heard with the ears, only as it changes over time. In other words, if sound were frozen at one moment in time, there would be no sound.

Physical Development

The physical characteristics of each race manifest the same pattern-oriented distinctions as the mental characteristics.

An average difference in age among elderly people is not very significant, but youth grow so quickly that each year is noticeably different. As youth grow, they tend to become taller, heavier, etc. On average, Americans of African descent tend to be taller and heavier than Americans of European descent, and both tend to be much taller and heavier than people of Chinese descent.

When youth play organized sports, at every year or two of age a different group is formed; for example, 13 year olds do not compete with 17 year olds. This is because a difference of one or more years in muscular development is very significant at that age. When people of African descent compete in sports with people of European or Asian descent, those of African descent, who are genetically older, might be expected to tend to excel at sports of strength, such as basketball, boxing, etc. This is indeed the case. At the same time, Asians, as could be expected, tend not to excel in competition with their older relatives.

Although youth become stronger as they age, they also become less flexible. This helps explain why the genetically younger Chinese tend to excel in sports that require flexibility, such as gymnastics.

Educational Style

This theory provides great insights into differences among the races. One such insight, which is sure to be controversial, is into the bias of the educational system in the United States. For example, why is it that children of Chinese descent tend to excel in American schools, even if English is not their mother tongue, whereas children of African descent tend not to excel in American schools, even though English is their mother tongue? This clearly does not result from a difference in intelligence. There is a bias that, however unintentional, is naturally built into the educational system. This bias can now be much better identified and addressed.

Conclusion

One pattern permeates all distinctions in language, culture, mental, and physical development among the races within the one species Homo Sapiens. One pattern permeates all evolution through time and space, through space-time, within the one universe in which we live. This one pattern, including the various sub-patterns in which it manifests itself, is explored in great depth in the book:
Evolution Through The Dimensions Of Time & Space.

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