Where did Somalis came from?

History. Around 1200 A.D., Somali people appeared in southern Ethiopia and then migrated into northern Kenya 150 years later. They then gradually moved north and occupied the Horn of Africa. For centuries, parts of the Horn of Africa were under Egyptian rule.

Where are Somalis?

Somali, people of Africa occupying all of Somalia, a strip of Djibouti, the southern Ethiopian region of Ogaden, and part of northwestern Kenya. Except for the arid coastal area in the north, the Somalis occupy true nomad regions of plains, coarse grass, and streams.

Are Somalis from India?

Somalis in India This refugee community comprises the bulk of Somali immigrants in the country. As of 2007, there are an estimated 600 Somalis in India, 80-90\% of whom are concentrated in the city of Hyderabad. Other cities with sizeable populations include Pune, New Delhi, Mumbai, Mysuru and Aurangabad.

What are the different types of Caucasoid races?

1 “Archaic Caucasoid Races”: Ainu people in Japan, Australoid race, Dravidian peoples, and Vedda 2 “Primary Caucasoid Races”: Alpine race, Armenoid race, Mediterranean race, and Nordic race 3 “Secondary or Derived Caucasoid Races”: Dinaric race, East Baltic race, and Polynesian race

What is the origin of the word Caucasoid?

The traditional anthropological term Caucasoid is a conflation of the demonym Caucasian and the Greek suffix eidos (meaning “form”, “shape”, “resemblance”), implying a resemblance to the native inhabitants of the Caucasus.

What is the origin of the Caucasian race?

Following Meiners, Blumenbach described the Caucasian race as consisting of the native inhabitants of Europe, West Asia, the Indian peninsula, and North Africa. This usage later grew into the widely used color terminology for race, contrasting with the terms Negroid, Mongoloid, and Australoid.

What is Coon’s theory of the origin of the Caucasian race?

In 1939 Coon argued that the Caucasian race had originated through admixture between Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens of the “Mediterranean type” which he considered to be distinct from Caucasians, rather than a subtype of it as others had done.

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