Genatic studies have shown that the Ainu has less connection to Caucasian than the people of Southeast Asia. Is that so? :rolleyes:   http://www.amren.com/ar/2000/08/peoples.gif http://bp1.blogger.com/_h5L0bq0pIhY/...s320/img-3.png  These are genetic proximity charts, they are called like that because they show how genetically close ethnic groups are...    We can clearly see that:    1) the negro race and all it's sub-varieties are the most far from everybody else.  2) the different whites are clustered together, and are close to peoples with heavy white influence like Berbers, north Africans, S.E. Indians, etc...  3) the lighter Asians (Japanese, Koreans, Tibetans, Ainu) are clustered together and closer to the white race (specially the Ainu) than the darker Asians  4) Interestingly Chinese are closer to the darker Asians (Thais, Indonesians, etc) than to the lighter Asians.    ;)