Origins of mongoloid races?

[clareman]

Where did the mongoloid races originate? was it china? tibet? mongolia/ siberia?

[heathfield]

The Tibetans and Mongolians both share a common ancestry, originating as a nomadic people from the steppes of northern China. They are genetically related to Koreans and Japanese, but not to those from southern China.

[Bmw-Rider]

wow that is interesting, heathfield, how do you know all this stuff ?

[clareman]

So what about the races to the north heathfield? the eskimo type cultures of siberia? and the tocharians and scythians ? they seem to have strong left their genes in some turkic groups such as kirghiz ,altaians,kazakh,uzbeks,turkomans and uighurs.