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Under present circumstances, and by means of the usual techniques, the difference between the intellectual capacity of Africans and Europeans cannot be scientifically determined.
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The sentence says that current conditions and standard research methods cannot establish a scientific difference in intellectual capacity between Africans and Europeans. Its central point is a limit on what can be determined, not a conclusion that the groups are equal or different. The comparison therefore remains scientifically unresolved under the stated circumstances.
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