It is very important for every person on earth to belong to their unique people, their traditions and culture. Legends are made about the origin of peoples, they put forward assumptions, but nothing has been proven for sure.
Biblical version
According to biblical teaching, all people living on earth exist thanks to Noah, his wife, their children and the wives of their children. According to legend, they were entrusted with a responsible mission: to revive humanity and fill the earth with people. It is also known about the 16 grandchildren of Noah, who settled throughout the earth and gave impetus to the emergence of various nationalities. The first descendants of Noah were distinguished by the fact that they lived for a very long time, sometimes even outliving their great-grandchildren. Around such ancestors, who united one area, the peoples were concentrated. The lands on which they existed were called by the name of this person. Such centenarians were considered not only their ancestors, but also Gods, they were worshiped. For example, there is a version and some evidence that the name of modern Turkey came from a Noah's descendant with the name Togarma.
Also, the Bible mentions that initially all the descendants of Noah spoke the same language and there was only one people. After they disobeyed God's will to fill the earth and resettle, starting the construction of one big city and the Tower of Babel, he mixed their languages so that they could not agree and act together. People could no longer exist within one group, because they did not understand each other and were alienated. Thus began the dispersal of people across the earth. And after resettlement, depending on the environmental conditions, external differences appeared in people, for example, in skin color.
Scientific hypothesis
Genetic studies show that despite such a rich external difference between people, their DNA is not very different, even if we compare two representatives living on different ends of the earth. This confirms the assumption by many evolutionists that different peoples did have the same origin. On this they agree with creationists. That is, according to both versions, initially there was one people, and there were no strong differences within it. Subsequently, with the resettlement, faced with new climatic conditions, representatives less adapted to them began to get sick more often and, therefore, fewer and fewer children were born to them.
Thus, only people adapted for the given environment remained. The most natural selection took place. Moreover, he was based on the already existing genetic characteristics and their compliance with the climate, and did not create new ones. So, environmental conditions influenced the composition of a particular group, and could also destroy some groups entirely. That is why now people with fair skin live mainly in the north, and dark-skinned people in the south.
