Adolf Hitler cherished the concept of a 'superior' Nordic race
Posted on 06/13/2008 9:38:51 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.
The study found that bodies from 2000-year-old burial sites in eastern Denmark contained "as much genetic variation in their remains as one would expect to find in individuals of the present day".
The findings, in an analysis by the University of Copenhagen which has just been published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, explodes the Nazis' much cherished concept of a 'superior' Nordic race.
Adolf Hitler cherished the concept of a 'superior' Nordic race
Hitler used pseudo-scientific research to back up claims that northern Europeans could form a Master Race which would lead mankind, and even set up a breeding program between Germans and Norwegians to foster it.
The racist theory, which placed the Master Race at the top of mankind's hierarchy and Jews at the bottom, played a central role in the Holocaust.
But according to the new research, the "concept of a single Scandinavian genetic type, a Scandinavian race that wandered to Denmark, settled there, and otherwise lived in complete isolation from the rest of the world, is a fallacy".
Far from being isolated and 'genetically pure', the study on the burial sites found that Danes mixed with peoples from across the globe.
"It becomes clear that the Danes must have been in contact with other peoples," said scientist Linea Melchior, who analysed DNA from the Bøgebjerggård and Skovgaarde sites.
"One of the Danish burial grounds, which dates back to the iron age also contained the remains of a man who appears to have been of Arabian origin," she added.
Research at another early Danish burial site has unearthed a corpse of Siberian origin.
Both that body and the 'Arabian' body discovered by Linea Melchior were buried in identical fashion to 'locals', showing researchers say "that people from distant parts of the world could be and were absorbed in Danish communities".
Now, as to those Danes being superior.....
2. The only real "caucasians" are the Armenians and Georgians. The term "caucasian" for white people is a purely American conception based on 19th century junk science.
I guess that explains why Hitler had blond hair...
Yeah. But nothing — not even sarcasm — could explain that mustache.
“pseudo-scientific research” gee, where have I heard that recently...maybe about the environmental, climate change, global warming confusion network?
“I guess that explains why Hitler had blond hair...
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I always found it amsuing that Hitler lacked ALL that he wanted to create with his “super race”. Perhaps he had seld hatred issues?
Part of the problem seems to be that, as far as I know, anthropologists aren’t exactly sure where “whitey” comes from either. The Caucusus region or parts to the North were the general consensus until those ancient red-haired and blonde Xingiang mummies kicked over the ethnological applecart.
We were created by a mad scientist on the island of Patmos about 5,000 years ago. It's been in the papers.
This just in: It seems StormFront.org (White Power) has a thread insisting that ‘ol Shickelgruber never actually stated anywhere that blonde hair and blue eyes should be the aesthetic ideal.
Ask Michelle Obama, she can tell the Chinese a thing or two, OR, would she use it against them?
Maybe it is not clear to you where "whitey" comes from but he sure does show up in a lot of places...
And some South Carolinians.
He actually advised Aryans that they could be less choosy in a bar at 1:55 AM.
Is that Brother Minister Calypso Louie or Esteemed Professor Leonard Jeffries’ theory?
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“The Blackman is the original man. From him came all brown, yellow, red, and white people. By using a special method of birth control law, the Blackman was able to produce the white race. This method of birth control was developed by a Black scientist known as Yakub, who envisioned making and teaching a nation of people who would be diametrically opposed to the Original People. A Race of people who would one day rule the original people and the earth for a period of 6,000 years. Yakub promised his followers that he would graft a nation from his own people, and he would teach them how to rule his people, through a system of tricks and lies whereby they use deceit to divide and conquer, and break the unity of the darker people, put one brother against another, and then act as mediators and rule both sides.”
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So there. It was this “Yakub” dude.
I don't know with whom this theory originated. All I can say is that it's every bit as solid scientifically as what the Nazi's believed.
It's also struck me as ironic that Hitler (born in Austria) didn't resemble his vision of the “master race.” In addition one of his cousins was mentally retarded in some way and was put to death (euthanasia program). From what I've read his family wasn't “ideal breeding stock.”
The thirteenth warrior?
lol...someone else on my wave length there.
Is this news? Are they going to spend time rubbishing phrenology next?
Aint nuthin' wrong with exotic females, either.
Friendly question: Doesn’t “Caucasian” come from the Caucas Mountains in Russia?
The lost tribe of Trojan descendents?
yitbos
This study is in itself junk science.
I wouldn’t have thought a burial ground that was only 2000 years old would have provided anything like “conclusive” evidence of anything, aside from the fact that there were dead people buried there.
You would expect a wide genetic variation in such a burial ground: 2000 years doesn’t even bring us back to the time of Julius Caesar, and plenty of useful history happened long before that.
Now, if their study found this variation in a burial ground of, say, 10,000 years age I’d be more impressed.
If you look at man’s pets and livestock, most come from a basic black or very dark original form. All shades and odd shapes are derived from that original form through selective breeding. So I can see how the theory that the black man was the original human form can come about. The question I have...is the “original” man still in existance today in the original form? A hypothetical original black man doesn’t necessarily have to be the characteristic negroid type. I picture a race of wirey humans with long straight coarse black hair, black leathery skin, short legs, hairy bodies, barrel chested, narrow shoulders, large pelvis, and an arab-semite or amerind style nose only larger...as the original form of man. The negroid type is not like this.
Did that 2 million year old man they found in Africa have skin?
yitbos
And Iran. Although a large chunk of Persia mixed somewhat with the numerous Greek, Arab, Mongol and Ottoman invaders, the populous northern part (the Caspian shore) namely the regions Gilan and Mazanderan (except some Georgian influx) were largely unaffected.
The Caucasus Mountains (and the region) are partly in Southern Russia, but now are inhabited by the states of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. It’s the area between the Caspian and Black sea, with Iran to the South and Russia to the North.
Algore used pseudo-scientific research to back up claims that northern Americans could cause global warming.
LOL, I know it's off topic, but it just popped into my head so I posted it.
Our son who is a trained linguist and speaks Chinese and Mongolian tells us that the Nordic languages actually have an array of Mongolian and other central Asian roots.
this required a study?
Sort of like the villian Drax in the Bond movie Moonraker.
Sort of like the villian Drax in the Bond movie Moonraker.
How very funny. I was just about to joke in a reply to your post about White man coming from germs designed by Yakub, and then a quick search on Wikipedia revealed that Yukub was supposed to have been on Patmos. :) Ahh...the white devils.
Nation of Islam... Gotta love it!
OKayyyy.... Are they saying people from the North are still superior, though? I’m confused.
I think the "researchers" are really libs trying to defend immigration of Muslims and other aliens into Denmark, and degrading Danish nationalism by associating it with Hitler.
“Hitler used pseudo-scientific research”
Algore is still doing that.
Leftists, communists and Marxists are clearly the superior race. I hear it everyday from the media and the democrats.
As the distinguished biologist E.O. Wilson noted on the BBC, there is a difference between environmental science and environmentalism. He approved of the former and disapproved of the latter. So do I. There are climatic changes caused by human activity as well as solar changes, and it is good to conserve energy, but the environmentalists want to change my behavior to suit them. They never have learned of self-interest as a motivator.
Genetics bears the same relation to the Aryan myth as environmental science does to environmentalism.
Listen Up People!
Hitler said what ever it took to get the vote.
He was anti gay, anti jew, anti communist only when it allowed him to get over that next hurdle
He was the ultimate flip flopper.
Sound familiar?
Probably true and if he was not gay, it is certain that he surrounded himself with gays.
No more, please! Finding this was hard enough!
:^)
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