Who are the first Europeans?

Question

People always assume Europeans always were divided by ethnicity and borders. I believe Europe like the world has been mixing with eachother and the result is that there are no pure race! If everyone decended from the same tree than nationalism is false. What do you think?

Answer 1

You ask an extremely complicated question that really does not have an answer. The fact is that we are all humans and societies naturally exchange goods, ideas, and DNA not only to advance, but even just to survive. Considering this to say that there is "pure" races, or even to say there is "races" is more than a bit silly. So I definitiely agree with you in that respect.

As to whether nationalism is false however, well what type of nationalism? If you are referring to a nationalism that is racially based and defined by ideas like blood quantums and particular physical features, then yes, nationalism is false. That said however, there are different types of nationalism that are thriving in this world that don't base themselves on similar pretences. After all, one could hardly say that Americans are not patriotic. Most Americans feel a great deal of pride in their country and its institutions of liberal rights, democracy, and the blessings of capitalism. All of these have nothing to do with these false assumptions about race or blood quantums, but still remains very nationalistic. With all that said however, one does need to look very far in the popular media and among American citizens themselves to see the failings their country is currently dealing with in the exercise of democratic political will and the protection of liberal rights. Plus it has been a long time since the US has approached anything near pure capitalism where a person possessed of his/her own gifts can, through prudent use of their resources and possessions improve their social station. Instead we have something that is much more of a syndicalist system where powerful private interests work to develop monopolistic systems and administer their segment of society uniformly and supposedly efficiently. Yet, with all that said, Americans still believe in nationalism.

So in the end I guess what is there you can't disprove about any sort of nationalism? In short you have almost an unanswerable question....

Answer 2

Two ways of answering this question.

1. The earliest known human remains found in Europe as far as I am aware were unearthed in Georgia and seemed to be of African origin. (See BBC link below).
As we all come from the same stock - despite race, colour or creed - we are all ultimately human beings and our petty differences are no more important than the fact that one of my cats is a tortoiseshell and the other silver grey........they're both still cats.
"Pure" races are very rare indeed and certainly don't exist in mainland Europe and I say hurrah for that. Even those cultures that are proud of their so-called "purity" must still emanate from the same origins as the rest of us.
I wouldn't say that nationalism is false though as this is nothing more than an extension of tribalism which, unless it leads to aggression, is not necessarily a bad thing. I am English and proud to be so, but it doesn't mean I think any the less of any other nationality.

2. If one was being a smart*ss - you could argue the case that the term "Europe" was first used by the Ancient Greeks to describe the area that became Thrace - so the first Europeans were actually Greek !

Answer 3

Probably from India or the middle east. When looking at the skull of races, african, asian/hispanic and caucasian have distinct characteristics that classify them. Indian and Europea have th same "caucasian skull type, so Indian people are in fact caucasian. Some europeans in scandanavia have some asiactic traits as well, suggesting some racial mixing very early on. And of corse, we all came out of africa, and we are all in fact "Human".

Answer 4

the Vikings

Answer 5

the neanderthals