From: Karen R Bergquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ...rhodesiensis) was still in Africa. The mummies of Urumchi date to about 4,000 years ago and are homo sapiens although they appear to be caucasian rather than oriental which is why finding them in the interior of China is so remarkable.
Except that it really shouldn't be.- it's not like they were found in the Yangtze basin. They're from an area where "Caucasians" were known to be historically; and a much shorter walk from the assumed areas where the "Indo-European" ancestors are supposed to be from than any of the other areas where we know they went to the west and south. Some going east makes perfect sense.
We just tend to assume that if something happened in a particular geographical region, everyone in that region must be alike. It's similar to the current argueent that since Egypt is in Africa, Cleopatra must have been black, and ignoring the whole reality of regional ethnic types (and more so of their placement 2000 years ago).
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