What human characteristics does mexico share with nearby regions or countries?

In the area of human characteristics, perhaps the one that Mexico shares most with other countries is language. Over 100 different languages are spoken in different parts of Mexico. Other areas of similarity are religion, music, and sports. Even eye color and hair color are shared by Mexicans with other countries!

The soviet union beat the us to the first successful launch, with the october 4, 1957, orbiting of sputnik 1, and later beat the us to have the first human in earth orbit, yuri gagarin, on april 12, 1961. the "race" peaked with the july 20, 1969, us landing of the first humans on the moon with apollo 11