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History of the Aryan Origins   History and Archaeology

Started 24/6/22 by Ø¿æÜ (Wunderlost); 5940 views.
Guard101

From: Guard101

8-May

I finally had rhe time to explore the site-links you generously posted above,  and I'm still not totally done yet, thank you, this is extremely interesting.  thumbsup

maxi4

From: maxi4

8-May

We are all African.

Your quite welcome.

I have always been fascinated by origins and the sciences which study them including everything from cosmology to linguistics.

For a good overview of human evolution during the last 500,000 years I highly recommend the book I mentioned previously:  Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past by David Reich (Oxford University Press, 2018).

Another book which supplements this nicely is: 

A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe by Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe (Random House, 2021) which is a translation of:  Reise Unserer Gene (Propyläen Verlag, 2019).  You can skip the last couple of chapters, which in an attempt to sound sufficiently progressive do not align at all with the rest of the book.   

In the main, the two books complement each other with interesting details about important mass migrations of the past and what prompted them.  There are some very good maps in both.

A couple of earlier books are worth noting here because even though written before ancient DNA analysis was possible, the authors brought forth enough linguistic and archaeological evidence to come up with the same basic narrative many years ago"

In Search of the Indo-Europeans:  Language, Archaeology, and Myth by J.P. Mallory (Thames and Hudson, 1989)
and:
The Horse, the Wheel and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by David W. Anthony (Princeton University Press, 2007)
Finally, I can also strongly recommend:
The Global Prehistory of Human Migration edited by Peter Bellwood (Wiley Blackwell, 2015).  As the title states, this book covers not just Europe and parts of Africa and Asia, but the entire planet.  I especially appreciated the chapters on East, South, Southeast Asia, and the Americas, not really covered by the other books.   Again, this book includes excellent maps.

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Guard101

From: Guard101

10-May

For sure Richard Dawkins insinuated that part as well, but it's the hyper angry  behavior of most of African have exposed - that may contradicts our current situations in 2023.

Guard101

From: Guard101

10-May

'The horse, the wheel and language' sounds very interesting to read first, I haven't read that one yet. 

Thanks again.  thumbsup

maxi4

From: maxi4

10-May

What "hyper active" behavior? Please be specific. Thank you. 

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Gigglesch

From: Gigglesch

11-May

maxi4 said:  What "hyper active" behavior? 

Hyperactive behaviour typical demotes to unstable motion, enable to think wisely, aggressiveness, and similar behaviours. distinctive actions may include violence. 

Gigglesch

From: Gigglesch

11-May

Very interesting book list, only if people care to read it all, they seldom do; most of the time they watch TV shows and TV Media propaganda like automate robots. 

maxi4

From: maxi4

12-May

And Africans are hyper active. Please explain. Thank you.

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Gigglesch

From: Gigglesch

30-May

Gender Based Violence against Women in
Sub-Saharan Africa: A
Systematic Review and
Meta-Analysis of Cross-Sectional Studies

file:///C:/Users/USER/Desktop/Downloads/ijerph-17-00903.pdf

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