Holes drilled in skulls and even trepanation are not unheard of in ancient skeletal remains, but it’s the first I’ve heard of it in China. Either he had a great deal of pain in his cranium and this was an attempt to let it escape, or he was a very odd, angry or disturbed individual and this was intended to let the evil spirit(s) out.
The stature of this skeleton at a comparatively young age would appear to argue against being of any ethnic Chinese origin, and would seem to be more likely to be associated with the many, apparently European remains of large stature, many with red hair and buried with plaid fabrics. But, the claim is Asian features.
Modern Han Chinese are ethnocentric to the point of racism, so there is motivation to make a claim that is not necessarily so.
Agreed. Western China was caucasian land for most of history. Its a God forsaken land that suffered from disease and drought. History shows how many groups of Caucasians swept into Europe to escape the bad conditions.
Today the Chinese are actually destroying all evidence of Caucasian existence in China. Sad.