Did the nordic race originate in asia?

Answer 1

Not quite, - - - the Caucas Mountains hence Caucasians, which are the border between Europe and Asia.. Though if one goes back far enough all 'humans' orginated in Africa and were orginally One Race, somehwere along the evolutionary path three distinct races emerged but anthropologist can describe that much better than myself.

But as a 'Nordic' I fall in line with the whole Caucas Bit.

http://www.kafkas.org.tr/english/hakkinda/index.html

http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Israel/YouthFutures/YouthAliyah/Neurim/news/2006/news-0611-hadassah-Kavkazi_Project.htm


http://www.mountainexperience.com/Adventures/Russia-Elbrus.html
Peace

Answer 2

Nordic people are a local adaptation of Modern Man, who emigrated out of Africa, and came to Europe via Asia.

"According to the [Out-of-Africa] hypothesis a small group of humans living in East Africa for some reason, possibly climate changes or searching for food, headed north east, crossing the Red Sea and in the process went on to populate the rest of the world."

"Genetic evidence points to a single exodus of small group of people with some estimating as few as 150 people. From this small group descended all non-African people. Once in Asia they spread generation by generation around the coast of Arabia and Iran until they reached India which appears to be the first important settling point. Once in India the populations split, One group ventured inland northwest towards Europe and would eventually go on to displace the Neanderthals."

"Recent single-origin hypothesis : Exodus & Asia and Australia" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Africa_hypothesis#Exodus