by Royce Radcliffe

Created on: May 02, 2007   Last Updated: May 08, 2007

The Caucasoid is a precursor to what we are today, existing one hundred thousand years ago. Physical anthropologists think the discovery of their remains is the key to unlocking the genesis of human existence itself. There are still many theories in development and little is certain right now but there are some things we know for sure.

The key to realize is that this is just a term for one regional group of people. During this same period of time there were many other variations of human precursors living together at the same time. Australoids lives in Australia. Negroids lived in Africa. Mongoloids lived in Northeast Asia.

And the Caucasoids lived in western Asia, Europe and northern Africa. They landed in this location via a massive migration from coastal Asia along the western coast of the Americas. This happened sometime before the last ice age. These are most likely the ancestors of the Mongoloids in northeastern Asia.

This is known because there has been a body found called the Kennewick Man that was found in Washington. These remains trace back to 9000 BC. This body did not resemble the Amerindians that had been established before and thus the migration theory was born.

As we learn more about the Caucasoids we get further along the path of tracing our ancestry and finding out the origin of mankind. This is going to be a fantastic journey, much like the one they took so many thousands of years ago. Of course, this time it will be warmer.

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