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In article <1992Aug8.071313.14258@leland.Stanford.EDU> richwing@leland.Stanford.EDU (Rich Wingerter) writes:
|I don't think "aboriginal" would fly.  The aboriginies in Australia and Japan
|(the Ainu) and Africa are all caucasian (did I spell that right, Dan?  :-).

No they are *not*!  Australian Aboriginies are a *unique* race, found
nowhere else in the world (and they are dark-skinned to boot).
The Ainu are not caucasian either, thought they *may* be 'white' -
they are likely to be related to one of the Pacific islander groups.

The term 'aboriginal', or as a noun, 'aboriginie' specifically means
"original inhabitants of a region"; in fact it is related to to the word
'original'.

|The "native americans" are descended from "orientals" (boy, am I glad Scott
|isn't looking over my shoulder today...).

But it is true nonetheless.  Genetically, and even anatomically, they
are closer to the older Asian racial stock than to any other.  Mind, the
'new' Asian stock, which includes modern Chinese and Japanese is rather
different, though related in origin.  (The racial type I am talking about
is what is found in places like Tibet, or eastern Siberia, rather than China).

|Is there a word for a race that is native to an area when another race invades

Yes, aboriginie, that is what the word means.


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