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>I have never heard of an example in earlier human history when two groups of humans have blended peacefully after their territories became in contact. Mexican
by Anotheroneagain 3y ago
>I have never heard of an example in earlier human history when two groups of humans have blended peacefully after their territories became in contact.
Mexicans are roughly half Native American, half European.
>The majority of the Neanderthals have disappeared during a relatively short time span, of a few thousand years.
People did something that killed off the megafauna, and made people deformed at the same time. Genetically we are one species.
- adrian_b 3y agoIt is weird to provide Mexico as an example of peaceful blending. After most conquests, which have established a new ruling class in some territory, there has been a mixing between the former invaders and the previous native population. In many cases, the former invaders were less numerous than the natives, so after a few generations the mixed population has begun to resemble more the previous natives than the new incomers. Nevertheless, I do not consider that these are examples of peaceful blending. In all cases the original war has inflicted serious losses on the natives and the reason why in more recent times no more of them were killed than necessary was because they were needed as a work force. Before the organized states, which were able to tax the work of everybody, and before the use of slavery, there were no reasons to keep alive any vanquished tribe, which would compete for the food resources of the territory. The losers would have been forced to run away to other territories, to stay alive. Except perhaps for women and children, they would have never been adopted by the victorious tribe, to blend in it.