66) As it spread through China, this movement may also have influenced the beginnings of Daoism in the School of Yin and Yang around 400 BC.
67) However, the symbol for "Magi," as we have seen, stretches back to 7000 BC in the early NeolithicChina. The same style of Tortoise shell oracles continued into the Chinese historic period. Early knowledge of Feng Shui is evident in the neolithic layouts of villages.
66) Feng Shui is still one of the practices of Daoist priests today, as are funeral rites and processions.
67) Not only can of aspects the Neolithic cultures of China be seen as the building blocks for modern Chinese culture, they may also show the origins of cultural traits from other cultures.
68) Genetic analysis shows that before the agricultural revolution, Y Haplogoud D had been much more prevalent in East Asia. During this revolution, 90% of male haplogroups went extinct.
69) Perhaps the early near-universal practice of headhunting, coupled with the commandeering of natural resources, led to this demise. A mass migration of Y Haplogroup D into Tibet and possibly Burma is evident in the genetic record of East Asia.
70) While Y Haplogroups D and C are extremely rare in China proper today, Y haplogroup D is still prevalent in Japan and Tibet today. During the early Neolithic, Japan was still attached to mainland China via a land bridge.
Origins of the Magi Part III
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