GEOG 6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Four Asian Tigers, Karahi, Homo Sapiens
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China is mother culture for surrounding regions: japan, korea, northeast. India, se asia, asian tigers (singapore, malaysia, taiwan) Phys geo northern part is palearctic, sharing species with western europe. East siberira many diffs between onrth and south ch north: look more like siberians, japanese, korean, and n ams, shovel shaped incisors s ch: shorter, resemble se asians more. # of cusps and roots in teeth varies pockets of people who resemble aboriginal australians and new guineans in. Se asia semang in malaysian peninsulas veddas in sri lanka probably earlier peoples of these areas, new guineans and abo aus came from these people. Malaysia and vietnam to an extent mostly philippines and micronesia. 1 bill speakers mandarin, cantonese, 6 other dialects tibetan, burmese most are tonal no compound consonants. 5 diff langs scattered in s ch, vietnma, thailand. Austro asiatic scattered from vietnam to nw india. Vietnamese, khmer all nontonal except vietnamese (prob acquired from china)