freediver wrote on Mar 10
th, 2014 at 12:35pm:
The Chinese were also routinely starving to death.
Not relevant. Body-type is not determined by the occasional absence of food ~ or glut of plenty.
My personal theory is that the Chinese originated from the snow country in northern China, and the Pacific Islanders were the original inhabitants of mainland China.
I once lectured one of my Chinese workmates with the theory that his sneaky eyes were due to his race having originally lived in the 'snow country' where
epicanthic folds protect the eyes against glare. Eskimos used to make slotted eye-pieces out of drift wood and walrus tusks to wear whenever they went out hunting on the ice.
My captive audience hung onto my every word and didn't make any objections to these suggestions. I think I may have opened his eyes in this regard.
freediver wrote on Mar 10
th, 2014 at 12:35pm:
Don't let hollywood be your substitute for reality.
Before I was 10 years old I had spent 7 years of my life in both north and southern China. My father spoke Mandarin like a native. That by no means makes me an expert, but neither does it make me entirely dependent on Hollywood for my information.
freediver wrote on Mar 10
th, 2014 at 12:35pm:
The Islanders may not have dramatised past battles into movie lengths features. That doesn't mean it happened less often.
The warrior theory is not going to float. The need for Sumo wrestling down through the Ages in Pacific Islander society was not at a premium.
All that bulk needs to be fed. From an evolutionary point of view it's hugely inefficient for these type of homo sapiens to have to feed 250 kilograms of blubber each day rather than a modest body-mass. That bulk had no strategic Darwinian advantage for surviving on coconuts and rock-pool molluscs ~~ quite the opposite.
freediver wrote on Mar 10
th, 2014 at 12:35pm:
What about turtles and large marine mammals?
Scarce as hen's teeth. The coastal waters would soon have been depleted of large live-stock. Deep-sea craft was so scarce among islander people that it was the reason Captain Cook got killed. They pinched his rowing boat and killed him rather than give it back. Their diet was mostly tidal pool protein and the occasional beached whale.
freediver wrote on Mar 10
th, 2014 at 12:35pm:
Even pipis can give you plenty of protein. I am also not sure why you dismiss fish as a source of protein, and think pig is more important. You can't eat pig every day. You can eat fish every day.
Correct. But there's only so much fish to go around. It makes no sense to have Islanders needing to feed a 250k bulk to stay alive, when all they need be is little skinny guys like our abos.
And ... the trump card is .... why aren't they burnt black like our abos, or the subcontinental Indians, or the Africans ... ?
Answer: Because they migrated down from mainland China where the eatin' was finger-lickin' good.
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