Re: The indo european "race"

Yes, many Latins and Greeks from classical times are described as
blond, but we must remember that after the fall of the Roman Empire,
Greece and Southern Italy received quite an influx of invaders from
the south and east, I mean the Arabs in Sicily and the Ottomans in
Greece.

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "ghozzis" <ghozzis@...> wrote:
> Hello!
> I know that "races" dont exist, and I know that indo-europeans may
> have not been a unique race, but, how to explain the differences
in
> physical aspects for example between Italians and Germans? Already
in
> the Antiquity, Julius Caesar says the Germans are laughing at the
> Latins because of their small size, and he often call
them "giants"!
> How can it be that, if, say, Germans and Latins were a unique
people
> for example in 2000 bc that they physical type so rapidally differ?
> So, do you have explanations why it seems that Germans and Latins
are
> two populations very far from another genetically, though at the
time
> of Caesar they had been separated since only a few thousands years.
>
> PS: do you know something about the hair colour of indo-europeans?
in
> the contrary to what I have said previously, many characters in
latin
> and greek litterature are blond!