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The Takla Makan Mummies: China’s First Caucasian Immigrants

May 8, 2013 by Natasha Sheldon 3 Comments

A map shows the Tarim Basin in northwestern China. Image courtesy of the United States CIA.

The Takla Makan desert is a barren area of the central Tarim Basin in the northwestern Chinese border district of Xinjiang. Since the early 1900s a number of bodies have been recovered from the area; the mummies have distinctly Caucasian features.

The Takla Makan Mummies: Human Migration and Ethnic Discord

May 7, 2013 by Natasha Sheldon Leave a Comment

The Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim Basin. Image courtesy of NASA (Visible Earth)

The Takla Makan mummies provide controversial evidence that China’s north western Xinjiang province was once settled by early Europeans. DNA has helped to unravel the migratory patterns of these early incomers, and the complexity of the cultural mix.

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