Re: Georgians, Berbers and Guanches
From: ytielts
Message: 43442
Date: 2006-02-16
Some Georgians are white-skinned, blond-haired and blue-eyed and they
can pass for a Norwegian or a Swede. It is the same case with some
Riffian Berbers living in the Northwest of Africa. I can send you some
of their photos. However, to our surprise Georgians speak Kartvelian, a
language belonging to the Iberian-Caucasian language family rather than
the Indo-European one. And Berbers speak their own language, which
belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family. It seems that there are
some disagreements between genetic and linguistic classifications. So
can we draw a safe conclusion that some white-skinned, blond-haired and
blue-eyed groups of people such as Georgians, Berbers and Guanches are
the direct descendants of the Cro-Magnon type or the above-mentioned
physical features are not unique to the Indo-Europeans? Could you give
me some information about genetic studies on the three peoples, thanks?