Posted on 01/27/2014 8:44:03 AM PST by Theoria
Interesting that these variations in coloring were present so long ago in what is now Spain-I always assumed all that happened after the Romans came to Iberia with their soldiers and slaves from all over the empire and stirred the melting pot more.
My ancestors who came to the new world were mostly Basques from the Pyrenees area of Spain-of course many of them mated with native Americans along the way from what is now Mexico to what is now Texas in the 17th-18th centuries.
Even so, most of us are still light-to-medium olive in color-some of us are darker, but not many. Green and blue eyes, red hair and even dark blonde hair are not uncommon no matter how olive skinned we are. That also supports the theory that some native Americans were descendants of those who had come to the “new world” from that area of Europe far back in antiquity. The distribution of various native American language groups from Canada to S. America certainly supports that theory, as well.
Given that people can tan from sun and chemicals, it's fairly irrelevant to even use uniquely to define possible clan association.
worth waiting for!
So? Many of those born and living today in the Mediterranean countries and north africa have darker skin and are still genetic caucasions. Just says that when modern man walked out of africa and left the stupid behind; the further they walked north, the less they relied on melanin to protect their skin; their bodies adapted to their climatic conditions.
That’s who I was trying to thing of!! Yes, the one in the middle.
Did not know Nelly Furtado was a European Hunter-Gatherer.
Yup.
He was holding a sign at the underpass bridge by my house.
It's always been hard for me to believe that humans spent thousands of years, thinking and thinking, before they finally realized that wood could float.
Is that one photoshopped, too?
They walked across on the ice during the last Ice Age.
These people have European DNA:
Bye, Bye Beringia (8,000 Year Old Site In Florida)
"At Windover, more ancient human remains were discovered than the total of all others found previously in the New World, and they were the oldest."
Who knows?
Works for Vanessa.
Pic, Please!
Sorry, he’s hapily married! :-)
As I am. Just curious about the ‘blue eys, dark skin’. He is cacausian?
Years ago, I read an article postulating travel by boat along the southern edge of the northern ice cap, from Europe to North America. It suggested that hunters of seals and other marine prey could have been caught in a storm and, trapped by the ocean currents, left no choice but to continue westward, thus discovering America. However, after the bad weather had ended, by following eastward along the ice and porting across the ice when necessary, two-way travel could be possible.
I believe that man noticed that things floated not too long after there was such a thing as a man, and that boat technologies were developed not too long afterward. The self-evident (to me) advantages, while terrifying to a landsman, wouldn't terrify everyone.
Thanks for the links; I'll check them out.
My concern is this is based on ONE individual. I think they would need MORE samples to confirm their allegations or it becomes just another politically correct generated philosophy.
There are LOTS of people who live on a grain diet and they don’t have lighter skin.
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