I've taken a look at the article. First of all, it's been published in Yahoo News -- science news from Yahoo? Ahem, yeah that should give me an accurate picture of what cutting edge science is up to.
In the article, there's a paragraph that sets off my alarm bells:
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Two years ago Harpending and colleague Gregory M. Cochran published a study arguing that above-average intelligence in Ashkenazi Jews — those of northern European heritage — resulted from natural selection in medieval Europe, where they were pressured into jobs as financiers, traders, managers and tax collectors.
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More nuts trying to prove that some ethnicity is "racially superior"?...
Also, I'm sorry, but I have a hard time taking seriously anyone who believes that IQ differences between populations are related to genetics, in this day and age.