Global Ethnic Origins from South America

By siwandai | Chinese _ Idiom Tales | 14 Jul 2026

Tail Remnants

A small number of babies worldwide are born with tails, several centimeters long, showing genetic residue, originating from the ape ancestors of the New World in the Americas.

Skeletal Evidence

①Oceania, some island (about 3000 years ago) → Austronesian genes already appeared.

②Indonesia (about 2000 years ago) → Austronesian genes already appeared.

③Malay Peninsula (about 4000–5000 years ago) → No Austronesian genes.

👉 Shows that the Austronesian peoples spread only later.

Tamil Distribution

Found in Africa, the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia, and Australia, showing the global spread of Austronesian peoples.

①In South Africa → Developed northward and westward, gradually forming African ethnic groups.

②One branch from north of Hong Kong formed the Baiyue, further evolving into Central Plains peoples, Korea, and Japan.

③Austronesian Sumerian civilization: another branch migrated from India to Mesopotamia, forming the Sumerian civilization, then crossed the Caucasus, spreading east and west, forming the Oberia civilization.

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