[blam]

Let me throw a 'hare-brained' idea of mine out for you to chew on. I've noticed that the experts have had difficulty explaining how the red-headed mummies made their way from central Europe (4,000-5,000 miles away) to the Tarim Basin...and, according to Mair, left little to no archaeological traces along the way.

Let's suppose that they have it backwards.

What if the original people with the red-hair, blue eyed genes originated in Sundaland and after their home-land submerged (Sundaland was about the size of present day India), made their way up the river valleys of Asia, across the steppes/mountains and into Europe 8,000 years or so ago. If the dispersal point was SE Asia, some would have gone searching for a new home land by sea and some by land...and, they would have gone in all directions perhaps explaining the persistant stories of red-headed people everywhere.

[Cronos]

Note: I'm not discounting your ideas. They hold as much water as mine until proved -- that's how we learn. I repeat -- conversing with you is one of the best things on this forum, I learn so much!

[ASA Vet]

the experts have had difficulty explaining how the red-headed mummies made
their way from central Europe (4,000-5,000 miles away) to the Tarim Basin...
and, according to Mair, left little to no archaeological traces along the way.