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Originsofthe'Malays'FinalConclusion(Pt 1)
MichaelChick|12:44PMFeb2,2009

Letusbeginthiswithasimpleanalogy.Westartwithonecupof pureblackcoffee.Andwehaveacupofpurewhitemilk.Addthe twoofequalamounts,andwehaveanicebrownconcoction. Ifwecontinuetoaddmilk,thiscoffeewillturnlighterandlighter. However,ifwecontinuetoaddcoffee,thiscupwillbecomedarker anddarker. Butregardlessofhowmuchmilkwekeepadding,thiscupwill alwayssmellofcoffee.Andevenwithathousandcupsofmilk added,wewillalwayscontinuetodetectawhiffofthewonderful aromaofthiscoffee. Sotoowithpeople.Let'stakeanegroid,anda caucasoid.Let'sassumethesetwoindividuals mate.Youwillendupwithsomeonewholooks prettymuchlikeMariahCarey.Now,thelookof heroffspringwouldbedeterminedbywhomshe mateswith.Andsotoo,willheroffsprings offspring,andsoon. IfMariahCarey'sfuturedescendantsskewtowardsmarrying caucasoids,thentheywillcontinuetolookfairerandfairer,whileif theyskewtowardsmarryingnegroids,thentheywillbegintolook darkeranddarker. Butnomatterhowmanygenerationsdown,wewillalwaysbeable totracetheirancestralgeneticmakeupbacktoMariahCarey.This wouldbeknownasthemitochondrialgenetictrail.Itisconclusive. Itiswonderful.Justlikethegracefulhintofthearomaticcoffee. HoldthosehappythoughtsofMariahandstepbackintohistory. Actually,prehistory.Infact,let'stakeahugestep,alltheway backintime,untilthedaysofPangaea.Thisisthetimeofthe dinosaurs. Therewasnomankind.Nohomosapiensapien.Nohomosapiens, Nohomohablis,Nohomoneanderthalis,andnoteventhehomo erectus.Theentirehomofamilytreesimplydidnotexist.Yet.This is65millionyearsintothepast.Waybeforeevenwhalesexisted. Whendinosaursroamtheearth

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AfricaandAmerica werejoinedtogether, anddinosaursroamed theearth.Astheworld startedtosplitup, thesedinosaurswere leftstrandedontiny bitsoffloatingland continents.Oneofthe ways,toknowifthe landwasfertileor otherwise,wouldbeto seeiftherewere dinosaurfossilsinthe area. Rememberthattheearthwasstillprettyunstable,andentire dinosaurclanswerewipedoutbyoftenviolentvolcaniceruptions. SomeofthesedinosaursroamedinAsia..Theirfossilsarestill activelyexcavatedinChina,KoreaandThailand.Thissimplytells usthatAsiawasalreadyfertilelandfrom65millionyearsago. Iceagescame,andiceageswent.Globalwarmingcame,and globalwarmingwent.Pleistocene,holocene,paleolithic,neolithic. Yes,weallwatchedJurrasicPark.Fastforwardtillthehomo erectus.Thedate?120,000yearsago.Thelocation?Laetoli,East Africa.Here,descendantsofLucy,andtheTaungGirl,leftdistinct footprintsinrock. TheAfricaoftodaylooksdifferentfromtheAfricaofbefore.Ithad scoresofvolcanoes,andspewedhotgasesandashintotheair. Thisashlandedonthegroundandmansteppedonit.Thehigh calciumcarbonatecontentofthisashquicklyhardened,thus preservingthosefootprintsinrock,forever. WealsofindsuchfootprintsinrockatLakeMungo,WestAustralia. Butthesefootprintswouldbeofadifferenttimeperiod.Theyare from50,000yearsago.So,sometime,between120,000yearsand 50,000yearsago,theAustraloMelanesians(Africans)walkedout ofEastAfrica,throughtheMiddleEast,India,Bangladesh,Burma, Thailand,Malaysia,Indonesia,andintoAustralia. Today,theseAfricansareknownastheaboriginalsinAustralia. TheirclosecousinswouldbethePapuans,FijiansandtheNegritos ofMalaysia.Werethereanyotherpeoplelivingintheareaatthat time?Probablynot.NotoftheHomoSapienSapienstockanyway. WedoknowthattheseAustraloMelanesians(orangaslis)made theirwayintotheMalayanpeninsulacirca60,000yearsago.Proof ofwhichisinNiahCaves.ThatskullofanAustraloMelanesian womanis40,000yearsold. NoSouthChinaSeathen AndhowdidtheyswimacrosstheSouthChinaSeafromthe Malayanpeninsula?Theydidn't.Becausetherewasnoseaback then.At60,000yearsago,therewasnoSouthChinaSea.Itwas simplyjustonehugelandmasscalledtheSundaLands. YoucouldinfactwalkfromHanoitillKuchingoverland.Andit wouldhavebeenveryeasywalkingtoo.Becausethislandwould
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havebeenpuresavannahgrassland.Soyousee,theseAfricans neverrealisedthattheyleftAfrica.TheentireAsia,hadaclimate, flora,andfaunaexactlyidenticaltotheirmotherland.Volcanoes andalltoo. Theseorangaslisthenlived quietly,andalone,inMalaysia, andtherestofSoutheastAsia, foratleast54,000years. Slowly,theymigratedtheirway intoBorneo,Australia,Papua, NewZealand,andtheentire Oceanicregions,rightthrough Tahiti,Hawaii,andeastwardall thewayuntilEasterIsland.They mightevenhavereached AmericaandbecamerelabeledastheOlmecsofthesouth. ThetripfromIndonesiatillAustraliawouldalsohavebeen relativelyeasy,astheyonlyhadtoraftfromBali,tillLombok.You see,LombokusedtobejoinedwithAustralia,onanothertectonic platecalledtheSahulLands. ThepointedeasterntipofBali(justacrossfromJava)isstillfullof sucharchaeologicalevidenceofthisearlymigrationalAustralo Melanesians(orangasli/aboriginals)fromtheperiod.Yes.The NegritoinMalaysiaaretheancestorsofalloftheOceanictribes (knownasthePolynesianorOceanicIslandstoday). About60,000yearsago,thefirstwavesoftheDravidicraceof Indiastartedmovingeastward.Alongthesouthernridgeofthe Himalayastoday,throughthenorthernbeltofBurma,intothe goldentriangle,intoThailand,pastLaos,Hanoi,andskirtedaround thenorthernHainanesepeninsula,andmanagedtoreachasfaras theAmoycoastinChina,acrossthechannelfromFormosa,today knownasTaiwan.Thereisnofurtherarchaeologicalevidenceof themmovingfurthernorth. ThisistheparalleljourneyalsomadebytheirAfricancousins,who madethejourneyfromAfricaontheothersideoftheHimalayas, onthenorthernridge,viatheKhyberPass.TheseAfricanssettled inaplacetodayknownassouthernMongolia. Skinwhitensduetolackofsunshine Overthenext60,000years,theywouldlosetheirepiduralmelanin contentandtheirskinwouldstarttopale.Probablyduetothe frigidcoldweatherandlackoftropicalsunshine.Today,theyare calledtheMongoloids. AstheDravidicIndianswalkedtowardsTaiwan,onlythreeraces existedontheglobe.TheNegroids,theMongoloids,andthe Dravidics.TheCaucasoidswouldnotsurfaceforanother30,000 years,originatingfromUzbekistan. BythetimetheDravidicsreachedtheAmoycoast,theywould havemetwiththeMongoloids,whowerealreadywellcamped there.TheseMongoloidswouldhavemigratedfirsteastward,from Mongolia,andthensouthwardfromBeijingeventuallytillHainan andintotheIndochineregions.
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SomeotherMongoloidshowever,wouldhavemadebeelinesfrom MongoliadirectlytowardstheHimalayanmountainsandtheChina coastalregions,andalittlebeyond. Thetimeisnow4,000BC.Ashistoryshowstimeandagain,the exchangeofdaughters,andsons,avoidedtheexchangeofblows, fists,stonesandwars.OnthecoastofAmoyinChina,wewould havewitnessedmanycrossbreedingoftheDravidicsandthe Mongoloids. Thesimpleexamplewestillseetoday,ofthisDravidicMongoloid earlyinterbreedingwouldbetheNepalese.Eventheirmusic reflectsthis.TheycontinuetousetheChinesePeiPastringed instrument,andtheIndiantabladrumstocreatethehypnotic Nepalesemusic.AllNepaleselookpartDravidic,andpart Mongoloid. Abour35,000yearsago,theCaucasoidswouldhavemovedinto EuropefromUzbekistan,theNeanderthalswouldhaveeitherdied out,orbecamefullyintegratedwiththeCaucasoids,andmigrated intotheNordicregions30,000yearsbeforethefirstAustronesian wasbornontheAmoyCoast. And15,000yearsago,theAinuofJapanwouldhavetraversedthe BeringStraits,becometheEskimos,andmovedsouthwardto becometheRedIndians,Mayans,Aztecs,Incas,Peruviansand Bolivians.Theentireworldwasnowpopulated. TheAryansinvadedIndia Sixthousandyearsago,thisnewAustronesianrace,asaresultof thesuccessfulDravidicMongoloidcrossbreedinginsouthern China,startedmigratingtowardsTaiwan.Today,theleftovertribe ofthisearliestmigrationisknownastheAlisan. FromTaiwan,theycrossedtheseaintothePhilippines.Theythen splitintotwogroups.OnemovingintotheCelebesIslands (Sulawesi),andtheotherintoBorneo.Whilethiswashappening, theAustronesianswhowereleftbehindontheAmoyCoastdecided tostartmigratingagain. Butthistime,southwestward.ThesebrownskinnedAustronesians walkedrightpastHanoi,andsettledontheentirecentral Vietnamesecoast.Proofofthisliesinthearchaeologicalsitesof HoaBinhian,SahHyun,andDongSong.Theartefactswillinclude unifacialandbifacialstonetools,curvedaxes,pottery,andthe detailetchedcopperdrumsoftheDongSong. TheseAustronesianswouldbeknowntodayastheChampeople,of theChampaKingdom.Atthissamemoment,theirAustronesian cousins(whotravelledfromTaiwan,tothePhilippines,viathe Celebes,intoJava,Sumatera,)wouldhavearrivedontheMalayan peninsulaontheverysameday. Beforethesunset,theAryanswouldhaveinvadedIndia,from MohenjoDaraandHarrapa,bringingalongwiththemtheSanskrit language. AndwhoexactlyaretheAryans?Theywouldhavebeenofthe Caucasoidstock,whomigratedfromtheMiddleEastcirca6,000 BC.
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Aroundthatsametime,Hinduism wasborn.Hinduismslightly predatestheEgyptiancivilisation. TheHinducastesystemprevented theAryanDravidicinterbreeding onalargescale. BacktotheMalayanpeninsula. WhentheseAustronesiansfirst arrivedfromSumateraonboats andraftscirca1,000BC,theywere greetedbytheAustralo Melanesians(readAfricansor orangasli)whowerealreadyliving onthisMalayanpeninsulaforthe past54,000years. Theseorangasli'slivedtoseethe savannahlikeMalayanpeninsular changeintothelushtropicalforest weseetoday,butnotbeforehavingsurvivedanIceAge10,000 yearsago. ThePerakManwouldhavebeenofthattimeperiod.Beingof smallerstature,theseNegritos(miniNegrosinSpanish)were easilyforcefullydriven,bytherelativelylargerAustronesiansinto theforests,wheretheyremainlivingtillthisveryday. MICHAELCHICKispursuinghisMastersinhistoryattheNational UniversityofSingapore. Originsofthe'Malays'FinalConclusion(Pt2) Originsofthe'Malays'FinalConclusion(Pt3) Source:http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinions/97396
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