In the late 1980’s, perfectly preserved 3000-year-old mummies began appearing in a remote Chinese desert. They had long reddish-blond hair, European features and didn’t appear to be the ancestors of modern-day Chinese people.
In a find that could turn conventional history on its head, scientists using genetic testing have discovered that Caucasians lived in western China’s Tarim Basin a thousand years before East Asians arrived.
Unearthed lying on her side as though in sleep, a single tuft of red ha