There are enough DNA tracking studies out . . .
 . . . showing a series of coast-hugging treks out of Africa over millennia
. . .
proving the genetic connections between various groups
 . . . including the Aboriginal people in Australia . . .
(and linking ALL--including ALL Asian groups, just to be clear--back to
Africa)
, , , as to make comments like this one sound particularly ignorant . . .
 . . . not to mention racist at its heart.

But, if you want to discuss a juicy, controversial, fraught-with-prejudice
topic
about the origins of different groups . . .
. . . try a discussion about the Japanese Burakumin.
Who they are, how they happened to come to be, how they were treated in
history,
and how they relate to the CURRENT Japanese system of proving one's
genealogy before marriages can be arranged.

A simple Google search will produce results like these:

http://jbe.gold.ac.uk/7/alldritt001.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burakumin
http://www.imadr.org/tokyo/ishikawareport.html
http://www.scientificrecords.com/scirec/burakumin.htm
http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/Politics/nakagami.html
http://202.221.217.59/print/news/nn06-2004/nn20040605f1.htm
http://ballz.ababa.net/uninvited/burakumin.htm
http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/burak.html

Sam   (a Watcher . . . not a Lurker or a Troll)



"SuperOutland" <superoutland@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > From a scientific point of view, the human race is one of the most
> > homogenous on the planet.
> >
> >
> > --
>
> But are aboriginals fully human?    Humans didnt completely replace
> neanderthals until about 35000 years ago.   However, aboriginies have
> lived in australi for at least 50,000 years.  Is it possible that they
> are the remnant of an extinct species?