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Euro-Asian
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Euroasian
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Adjective
en Eurasian.
en George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood Introduction. The Indo-Germanic shore, or litus Arianum. Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878. Handbook to the British Indian Section. 2nd London; Paris Offices of the Royal Commission 1878 2 https://archive.org/details/handbooktobritis00birdiala/page/2/mode/1up The peninsula of Arabia is repeated in the Iberian peninsula; Asia Minor and Persia in France; India in Italy; Burma, Siam, Anam, and the Eastern Archipelago in Turkey, Greece, and the Grecian Archipelago; and the Chinese Empire in Russia; while Japan is placed on the east of the Euro-Asian continent symmetrically with the British Isles on the west.
en Jonathan Marks Molecular Anthropology in Retrospect and Prospect William Eric Meikle; Francis Clark Howell; Nina Grace Jablonski Contemporary Issues in Human Evolution Wattis Symposium Series in Anthropology Memoir 21 San Francisco, Calif. w:California Academy of Sciences 2 December 1996 171 https://archive.org/details/memoirsofcalifor211996cali/page/171/mode/1up Probably the most interesting claim for the hereditary study of our species was published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology in 1927 by a Russian named Manoilov, who reported that a series of simple chemicals added to a sample could distinguish Russian blood from Jewish blood. Following this, Poliakowa (1927) reported that Manoilov’s test permitted her to distinguish among the bloods of various Euro-Asian countries.
en Karen Olsen Bruhns; Karen E. Stothert The First Women in America Women in Ancient America 2nd Norman, Okla. w:University of Oklahoma Press 2014 51–52 https://archive.org/details/womeninancientam0000bruh_n3g2/page/52/mode/1up 978-0-8061-4628-7 Although evidence of personal ornaments is lacking, it seems likely that Paleoindians wore bone toggles, buttons, or other sewn-on ornaments common in the European Paleolithic. We can be sure that the Euro-Asian women and men who walked or paddled into America brought with them the mythology, music, dances, and religious practices of their forebears.
Noun
en Eurasian.
en Thomas Martin Franck Constitutional Development of African Rights Prior to Federation Race and Nationalism: The Struggle for Power in Rhodesia-Nyasaland London George Allen and Unwin Ltd 1960 9 https://archive.org/details/racenationalism0000thom/page/9/mode/1up The colored community is comparatively small and traces its origin for the most part to the days of the pioneers. It consists of Euro-Africans, some Euro-Asians and a few Asio-Africans.
en Ruth S. Cavan; Jordan T. Cavan Cultural Patterns, Functions, and Dysfunctions of Endogamy and Intermarriage Ruth E. Albrecht; E. Wilbur Bock Encounter: Love, Marriage, and Family 2nd Boston, Mass. Holbrook Press, Inc. 1975 181 https://archive.org/details/encounterlovemar0000albr_2edi/page/181/mode/1up 0-205-03402-0 In some circumstances, children of mixed parentage form their own subsociety, as is true in India and adjacent countries where there are fairly large groups of Euro-Asians.
en w:Jan Breman The Colour Bar as the Crux of Colonial Rule Colonialism, Capitalism and Racism: A Postcolonial Chronicle of Dutch and Belgian Practice Amsterdam w:Amsterdam University Press 2024 244 https://archive.org/details/oapen-20.500.12657-87782/page/244/mode/1up 9789048559916 Between the extreme poles of the white versus non-white spectrum, a layer had crystallized which, during the process of socio-economic transition, had increased considerably in number and possessed a multi-ethnic identity. It was a minority pallet that consisted not only of Euro-Asians, but also Chinese and ‘Foreign Orientals’ (of Arab, Lebanese or Indian origin).
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