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China's African Ancestry
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These findings are supported by statements by Sterling Means in his book Ethiopia and the Missing Link in
African History:
- The inhabitants of China are of the
yellow race type, but no doubt built upon a black foundation.
The ethnologist found there the evidence of a remote Pygmy
or Negroid population.
African centered art historian James E. Brunson states:
- Little Blacks were among the earliest occupants of Asia,
coming to the region as early as 50,000 years ago. Throughout the historic period in
China references are made to "Black Dwarfs" who resided south of the Yangtze river.
Sculptures of these Pygmy-like dwarfs have been unearthed in China. These sculptures actually
date back to China's Tang Dynasty (6l8-907 AD). Winters tells us:
- Tribes of the same race are also spoken of in the
fabulous geography of the Shan hai king, written a few centuries before the Christian era.
Many of these tribes were called Diaoyao or 'Dark Pygmies'.
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A "Black Dwarf" from the Tang Dynasty (618 A.D - 907 A.D). |
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Sculpture of a "Negrito" from China's Tang Dynasty (618 A.D - 907 A.D). |
A period in China when the Pygmy presence appeared quite significant
occurred during the Shang Dynasty (l700 - 1100 BC). Generally speaking,
the history of China is divided into a mythological period and
a historical period. In the past the Shang dynasty was considered
mythological because in spite of the mentioning of the dynasty
in ancient Chinese records, no archaeological excavation proved
it actually existed. When physical evidence from the Shang began
to surface, the world saw a new chapter added to Chinese history.
Today the Shang Dynasty is viewed as the first historical dynasty
of China.
When archaeologists initially began studying the Shang tombs they made many unexpected discoveries.
Excavations were conducted on the Shang's royal tombs of Anyang. In his book China's Minorities
Wolfram Eberhard writes:
- Archaeological findings from the time of the Shang Dynasty
( ?-1022 B.C), give us a different picture. Excavation of the royal tombs at Anyang ...have
brought out many skeletons, some of which seem to belong to non-Mongol, races. Although excavations
were done around 1935, the anthropological results have not been fully published, perhaps
because the findings were somewhat embarrassing...some preliminary comments about the Anyang
findings state evidence of a Negroid race of people...
At the Shang's last capital many "Negroid" images in stone, metal and jade have been found. Some
of the world's most artistic displays of bronze metal work have been unearthed at their burial
sites. The bronze human figures had broad noses and thick lips.
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