Iberian - Ancestral origins
Introduction to the Iberian ethnic group The concept "Iberian" comes from the Greek word Ibero, a word with a somewhat uncertain origin: the main thesis points out its relation to an Eastern Iberia (located at the other end of the known world for the Greeks, in the Caucasus) and that it was applied to the peninsula in reference to the other [...]
Sephardic jews - Ancestral Origins
The Jewish community has been formally expelled from many places throughout its history. The first of these times was in 49 A.D. when, by decree, the Jews were expelled from Rome. It took many centuries for the Jews to be expelled again from Rome.
Ashkenazi Jews - Ancestral Origins
The ancient city of Ur, in Mesopotamia, was the place where, according to tradition, Abraham, the main prophet and first patriarch of the Jews, was born, as well as the first person to whom Yahweh appeared. From this first monotheistic religion, an ethnic division of about 70 groups can be made, among which [...]
Peoples of North Africa - Ancestral origins
The Greeks called the inhabitants of North Africa Libyans. The Romans called them Mauritanians. Nowadays, a group of people belonging to a group of North African ethnic groups is known as Amaziges (or Berbers, more in disuse). Due to an adaptation of Spanish, this area is also known as Maghreb. [...]
Han and Dai Ethnicity - Ancestral Origins
The Han and Dai ethnic groups are two of the 56 ethnic groups recognized by China. The first one counts about 1200 million people (87.7% of the country) and the second one counts about one million people, which is less than 0.1% of the total population of China. The Han ethnic group is not only [....]
Dravidians - Ancestral Origins
In the southern regions of India, there are populations that speak a group of languages known as Dravidian languages. This group of populations is collectively known as the Dravidian peoples. Distinctive Characteristics of the Dravidian Peoples The distinguishing features of these peoples are short stature, dark brown skin and black hair [...]
American Indian - Ancestral Origins
For many years, cinema has brought us closer to knowing and not forgetting aspects of life in the old American West. The first "western" to be filmed in 1903, "Train Robbery and Robbery" is only 11 minutes long, but it was the first film of a genre that would have its heyday [...]
Mayan and Zapotec - Ancestral Origins
The pyramids of Egypt, which still stand along the Nile River after so many millennia, are well known. However, other cultures erected monuments of this type in various places on Earth. The Mesopotamian ziggurats or the Mayan and Zapotec step pyramids are several examples. These last two civilizations populated [...]
Sports & Genetics: What’s the Relationship?
Did you know that approximately 66% of the variance in elite athletes is explained by genetic factors? Athletes are increasingly looking to the study of genetics to optimize their training planning. You may be wondering, what is the relationship between genes and sport, and what kind of knowledge can [...]
Andes - Ancestral origins
When the Spaniards arrived in America at the end of the 15th century, they could not have imagined the number of cultures, languages, territories and architecture available on the continent. In the 16th century, the viceroyalty of Peru began to take shape. Its speakers called the place where they lived "anti", which means east (where the sun rises from the [...]