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The same ideas exist in China, which claims a whole (and scientifically since disproven) distinct origin of humanity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking_Man h
by sho_hn 1y ago
The same ideas exist in China, which claims a whole (and scientifically since disproven) distinct origin of humanity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking_Man
- sivm 1y agoChinese mythology says they came from 崑崙 (Kunlun Mountain). The description of which sounds like Egypt coincidentally. Translated something like: “To the south of the Western Sea, along the banks of the Flowing Sands, beyond the Red Water and before the Black Water, there lies a great mountain called the Kunlun Hill.”
- labster 1y agoThe idea must have had some currency in the middle of last century, since Tolkien decided to place Hildórien, the birthplace of the Edain, in the Far East. https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Hild%C3%B3rien https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Hild%C3%B3rien