06-28-2019, 01:42 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-28-2019, 01:53 AM by Bill the Piper.)
(06-28-2019, 12:41 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: China has more often been invaded from the north, the worst invasions by the Mongols. Even the Japanese really invaded largely from the north once they got a hold of Manchukuo. That makes a huge difference between North China and South China.
South Chinese have more often emigrated than invaded.
Race might be an important factor. Southeast Asian nations like the Vietnamese have a lot of Melanesian admixture which means some of their genes come from the ancient Denisovan species. To a lesser extent, South Chinese people have some of it as well:
North Chinese are pure Mongoloids, they look more similar to people from Russia's former republics in Central Asia:
It's rather like Italy, Southern Italians are darker and have more Arab admixture, while Northern Italians can look like Germans.
