As I remember (I haven't checked out the video) I was referring to the Scandinavians and their traditions of an earlier, dark-skinned people. An ancient Norse poem, the Rigsthula, describes how the god Rig created a class of black-haired, swarthy, and flat-nosed thralls. The same trope appears elsewhere in Old Norse literature (Jonassen 1951; Karras 1988).
Jonassen, C.T. (1951). Some historical and theoretical bases of racism in northwestern Europe. Social Forces 30(2): 155-161. https://doi.org/10.2307/2571627
Karras, R.M. (1988). Slavery and Society in Medieval Scandinavia. New Haven.
I have previously discussed the evidence for an earlier, African-like people in the Middle East (see the two blog posts below). Maybe I mentioned that in passing. Again, I haven't looked at my video with Edward Dutton yet:
I've been looking forward to your next installment Peter, and this month's feature story definitely didn't disappointment. Absolutely fascinating! I had no idea 'little red men' were so dominant in ancient Africa. I wrote a story years ago about the Khoisan people and their click language, in southern Africa, but you have given me a much deeper understanding of Africa's ancient people's. A question I have for you is I remember you did one of the only online video interviews I've seen with you earlier this year, and you mentioned how Arab people described a dark people, with dark hair, when they first arrived in the region, from their folk lore. Are these the Skhul-Qafzeh hominins you mention above, who preceded modern humans and lived in the Middle East 80,000 to 100,000 years ago?
As I remember (I haven't checked out the video) I was referring to the Scandinavians and their traditions of an earlier, dark-skinned people. An ancient Norse poem, the Rigsthula, describes how the god Rig created a class of black-haired, swarthy, and flat-nosed thralls. The same trope appears elsewhere in Old Norse literature (Jonassen 1951; Karras 1988).
Jonassen, C.T. (1951). Some historical and theoretical bases of racism in northwestern Europe. Social Forces 30(2): 155-161. https://doi.org/10.2307/2571627
Karras, R.M. (1988). Slavery and Society in Medieval Scandinavia. New Haven.
I have previously discussed the evidence for an earlier, African-like people in the Middle East (see the two blog posts below). Maybe I mentioned that in passing. Again, I haven't looked at my video with Edward Dutton yet:
http://evoandproud.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-past-is-another-country.html
http://evoandproud.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-new-european-phenotype-expansion.html
I've been looking forward to your next installment Peter, and this month's feature story definitely didn't disappointment. Absolutely fascinating! I had no idea 'little red men' were so dominant in ancient Africa. I wrote a story years ago about the Khoisan people and their click language, in southern Africa, but you have given me a much deeper understanding of Africa's ancient people's. A question I have for you is I remember you did one of the only online video interviews I've seen with you earlier this year, and you mentioned how Arab people described a dark people, with dark hair, when they first arrived in the region, from their folk lore. Are these the Skhul-Qafzeh hominins you mention above, who preceded modern humans and lived in the Middle East 80,000 to 100,000 years ago?