Comments by "Yo2" (@yo2trader539) on "National Geographic"
channel.
-
18
-
@elizabethpengson8244 Irrigated hydroponic rice was first cultivated near the Yangtze river, but most of the native ethnic groups that were the main members of the "Yangtze River Civilization" were pushed out by the Han Chinese who came from the north. Many of the rice-farming tribes started migrating east/south thousands of years ago due to war or reasons such as flooding of lowlands ideal for rice production. Ethnic minorities such as the Yi, Hani, orAkha people, who still produce rice in mountainous terrain in southern China and Southeast Asia, are likely one of their descendants. (People who make rice in the mountains are not traditional "mountain people". Instead it's a clear indication that they were originally from the low/wetlands.)
If you look into Ifugao history passed down orally, it will tell you a similar story about their migration experience. By the way, we know from extensive archaeological and genetic research that Yayoi people (Haplogroup O1b2) started their migration from the Yangtze river to the Japanese islands around 3,000 years ago. Aside from rice production, practices such as facial tattoos, seafaring, diving/fishing, teeth-blackening, stilt-type homes are common traits among various tribes that have migrated out of the Yangtze river thousands of years ago.
2
-
@ibiligidtonglo7021 We know from extensive research on rice DNA, hydroponic rice was first domesticated along the Yangtze River dating back 7,000-8,000 years ago. Many of the original inhabitants of the Yangtze basin belong to the Y-DNA Haplogroup O1b subgroup. I don't know Ifugao DNA admixture, but I have absolutely no doubt many southeast Asian rice farming tribes originally are from the Yangtze river. Some of them likely spoke Tibetan-Burmese, Tai-Kadai, Hmong-Mien, or Austronesian depending on location. (Since languages are easily influenced/transformed with extended periods of external contact, they are quite unreliable when trying to identify migration patterns.) Genetic studies observe some O1b1 traits throughout Southeast Asia, while some O1b2 in Japan and southern parts of the Korean peninsula. Both genetic traits likely originated from the Yangtze River basin, thousands of years ago.
1
-
1