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These 'Celtic-like' people were in the area prior to any Iranian or Indian tribes, they did come later though

I don't know on what basis you call them 'Celtic-like'. There doesn't seem to be a valid reason for that. Celtic is not a race, it's a language group. The 'sub-races' in the main three branches are very difficult to separate unless we take extreme examples and mostly not even then (except for Afroids).

What I mean by that is that there is next to no pointable standard diversity between the sub-groupings in the Caucasian or Mongoloid races. Afroids have a lot more diversity. I think this was proved genetically as well giving credence to the out of Africa theory.

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"I don't know on what basis you call them 'Celtic-like'. There doesn't seem to be a valid reason for that."

Read the book, The Mummies Of Urumchi, Dr Elizabeth Barber makes a direct connection to the mummies in the Tarim Basin to the Celtic/La Tene people around Hallstadt, Austria. In fact, chapter #7 in her book is titled, Hami (NW corner of Turfan Basin) and Hallstatt

And, Dr Victor Mair/Dr J.P. Malloy make similar connections in their book, The Tarim Mummies.

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