QUOTE(GreYandBlue @ Feb 24 2007, 05:33 AM) [snapback]4877839[/snapback]
One things for sure, like the Kazakhs, Kyrgyz people do show hybrid features, and some show blue or green eyes. What non-Mongoloid race that they mixed with is unknown to me. Anyone know?
I do not think the Kazakhs or Kyrgyz are very "hybrid" at least compared to Tatars, Uzbeks, Uighurs and Bashkorts. the Kazakhs and Kyrgyz are very predominantly mongoloid, and only a few have blue and green eyes (its not uncommon, but not very common either if that make sense). like wise I seen some Mongols with colored eyes.
But in ancient times, Turkic people who live between the Volga and the Altai mountains had the following non-mongoloid neighbors:
Ancient Kets in the north (who were said to have red hair and colored eyes, but now look similar to other Turkic mongoloids), Indo-Europeans to the south (Scythians, etc), and Finno-Uralic peoples to the north (i.e Samoyeds before they became mongoloid).