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How do you explain the difference between the races? The evolutionary stance is that we began in Africa, migrating out and evolving over the course of 50,000 years. This makes perfect sense, since the Bushmen in native Africa have the genetic markers of everyone in the world. The migratory lines are clear. Considering the massive difference in dog breeds within 10,000 years, it makes sense the races would mutate to what they are now over a period of 50,000 years.
"Race" is a term that cannot be defined. There are different peoples in the world and they descended from one man and one woman.
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I've heard people say that the sons of Noah - Japeth, Shem and Ham - stand for the white, yellow and black races. But why would Noah give birth to three different races? That's genetically impossible, unless he had three different wives. I've heard it said that Noah had the genes in him to give birth to three different races - however, how then do you explain that everyone has the DNA of the Bushmen, yet those in the far east don't have the DNA of those in the west, for example? Nothing connects white to yellow except the genes of the Bushmen.
I expect Shem, Ham, and Japheth had wives.
Regarding your links now, have any of these people taken into account the reduction and concentration of the population which occurred at the flood? If they assume another model from the get-go, it isn't surprising that their results reflect these assumptions.
One also needs to bear in mind that the people stayed fairly close together until their languages were confounded at the tower of Babel. Even after the dispersal (we know not the extent, but assume God accomplished His goal) some of them clustered back and built at least the four cities of Nimrod's empire.
If you think ancient migration patterns are clear, I suggest you look a little more closely at the linguistic links.
I consider it a mistake to think of the human race having been composed of purely static units. Seafaring is as old as history, and there have been plenty of nomads and traders also. Hermit kingdoms like Korea are the exception. And in the old days, war often resulted in enslavement. There was plenty of opportunity for mixing, although the majority of the people may well have stayed put during peacetime.
Over time, familial traits have emerged to give the different peoples their own looks. While there'd be some exceptions, I do not doubt that the Europeans you mention would have much trouble spotting foreigners. I know in Japan they can readily spot a Chinaman or a Korean. I suppose the Gauls, Romans, Italians, and Greeks had this capacity also.
And head size? Heads come in plenty of different sizes even among fairly close kinsmen. Maybe I should google George Lopez. If he's got brothers and sisters, I'll bet they demonstrate this point. I know Tom Edison's head was also exceptionally large, so that'd be a backup. But George cracks me up, & the whole Edison - Tesla thing... Well, I know which kind of thoughts I prefer floating around in my own head.
But hey, at least you're hep to migration. The most easily dispelled evolutionary myth is that Africa made its inhabitants evolve dark skin while Europe made its inhabitants evolve light skin. Who's going to wait around 50,000 years in an uncomfortable environment waiting for their skin to change? Even plant populations migrate faster than that!
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