Talk:Tarim mummies

Some more sources

• – This source is already in the article but has barely been touched.
• – Ditto.
• – As with everything at NYT, you can defeat their paywall by doing a very quick select-all and copy before the paywall's overlay pops up, then paste the text into some other app and read it there.
• Template:Cite magazine
• Template:Cite magazine
• – Lame title, but this is one of the pieces that gets into the modern politics, and our article needs to cover that better.
• – Ditto.
• Template:Cite magazine – A rather substantial article.
• 2 vols. – Expensive academic work (US$165 list price, and not found on Amazon, etc.), best gotten through inter-library loan.
• – Ditto; about US$80 on Amazon right now.

Can't particularly vouch for all source quality; I'm just running across mostly-secondary material and pasting the citation deets for it here.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  01:01, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Caucasian typical traits? Is tallness exclusive only to whites?

I raise issues with the part where it states that the mummies had 'typical caucasian' feature and then states (tall stature, high cheekbones, deep-set eyes). I don't mean to state the obvious but should be mentioned many white people are not tall, nor is tallness a whites only trait. And also Eurasians, East Asians and Africans also can have deep set eyes so it's not exactly a trait belonging to Caucasians only. When you write that these are typical features of Caucasians, it's both inaccurate and wrong at multiple levels as other races have those too. However the mummies were described as having a so-called Western physical appearance. And such a facial style is actually typical of Caucasians and so that should stay. So made the changes. 49.180.125.162 (talk) 16:22, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

This is a silly question. Not all whites have blue eyes, but blue eyes are exclusive to whites. Yes, only whites are tall, have big noses, and deep eyes. As well as extended forearms and forelegs. Occipital Bun. Barrell chest. Mild teeth.

East Asians and Africans DO NOT have these features. Where did you learn that? lol

Also, DNA says they are almost exclusively R1a. European. They also spoke a Proto-Tocharian language. European. Why do you seem personally offended at their race? 185.85.154.236 (talk) 08:00, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

Intro Unclear - So what really happened to them

I just read this and was not able to understand that what really happened to them in the end, did they just go extinct in the end or intermixed with proto Tocharians/Indo European Migrants?

The intro is really unclear for a layperson like me. Nohorizonss (talk) 11:43, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Using outdated language

“Caucasian” “Asian” these type of misleading pseudo scientific language should not be used in the wiki. I find it hard to take this seriously because it exudes the professionalism of a 4 chan post. 78.184.70.85 (talk) 22:57, 29 December 2024 (UTC)