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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 970743" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>I'm mildly fascinated by the historic patterns of human migration. Now, now. Hear me out. Below is an interesting and simple overview of it that I just found just now while unwinding, with some notable points relating to two of today's quarter-finalists, Ireland and New Zealand. I can't verify the accuracy of the video, but much of it marries up to other things I'm aware of. </p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]HfLVYr38D0Q[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Things that aren't covered in the video that I find particularly interesting are:</p><p></p><p>- oriental appearance varies so much to their Asian sub-continent neighbours, because orientals originate from a population that originally settled in Siberia, where their facial characteristics developed to less prominent features to protect them from the cold. </p><p></p><p>- original African settlers quickly settled all the way around India, Oceania and over to Australia. They spread so quickly along the coast due to simple boats. But what is less well known is that they continued all the way around the Pacific rim, up to Russia, over to Alaska (somehow through an ice age!) down the west side of the Americas and around the Cape and up the coast of Argentina on the Atlantic coast. The DNA of a small number of indigenous Argnetinians matches to the original African settlers. So 'American Indians'(who are descended from Orientals) are not the original human population of the Americas, as they are believed to have only made it across when there was a more manageable land crossing as the ice age receded. They are also colonists.</p><p></p><p>- the amazing Polynesian sailors that colonised Tonga, Samoa and New Zealand originated either from the indigenous population of Taiwan (prior to the Han Chinese migrations of the 12th century), although there is debate if this population maybe came from new Thailand. These people are called Austronesians and they account for around 400,000 people living in Taiwan alone. As well as Oceania they were also the first people to settle on Madagascar. </p><p></p><p>- Fijians are a mixture of Melanesians and your more typical polynesians. Melanesians are the only non-white ethnicity that can have blonde hair. They don't get blue eyes and this hair coloration is completely distinct from European blonde hair, having developed independently. </p><p></p><p>Anyhoo, given the natural physical attributes of many polynesians and melanesians I find myself wondering if there are large untapped indigenous populations of prime rugby playing stock as far and wide as Taiwan, Thailand, Oceania and Madagascar. And if any of them have Scottish or Italian grannies. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 970743, member: 74121"] I'm mildly fascinated by the historic patterns of human migration. Now, now. Hear me out. Below is an interesting and simple overview of it that I just found just now while unwinding, with some notable points relating to two of today's quarter-finalists, Ireland and New Zealand. I can't verify the accuracy of the video, but much of it marries up to other things I'm aware of. [MEDIA=youtube]HfLVYr38D0Q[/MEDIA] Things that aren't covered in the video that I find particularly interesting are: - oriental appearance varies so much to their Asian sub-continent neighbours, because orientals originate from a population that originally settled in Siberia, where their facial characteristics developed to less prominent features to protect them from the cold. - original African settlers quickly settled all the way around India, Oceania and over to Australia. They spread so quickly along the coast due to simple boats. But what is less well known is that they continued all the way around the Pacific rim, up to Russia, over to Alaska (somehow through an ice age!) down the west side of the Americas and around the Cape and up the coast of Argentina on the Atlantic coast. The DNA of a small number of indigenous Argnetinians matches to the original African settlers. So 'American Indians'(who are descended from Orientals) are not the original human population of the Americas, as they are believed to have only made it across when there was a more manageable land crossing as the ice age receded. They are also colonists. - the amazing Polynesian sailors that colonised Tonga, Samoa and New Zealand originated either from the indigenous population of Taiwan (prior to the Han Chinese migrations of the 12th century), although there is debate if this population maybe came from new Thailand. These people are called Austronesians and they account for around 400,000 people living in Taiwan alone. As well as Oceania they were also the first people to settle on Madagascar. - Fijians are a mixture of Melanesians and your more typical polynesians. Melanesians are the only non-white ethnicity that can have blonde hair. They don't get blue eyes and this hair coloration is completely distinct from European blonde hair, having developed independently. Anyhoo, given the natural physical attributes of many polynesians and melanesians I find myself wondering if there are large untapped indigenous populations of prime rugby playing stock as far and wide as Taiwan, Thailand, Oceania and Madagascar. And if any of them have Scottish or Italian grannies. :p [/QUOTE]
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