VARIOUS POPULATION GROUPS MIGRATE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA:
The first type of population group to migrate through south east Asia were the Melanesian people. They were followed by two types of Indonesian peoples who migrated to the Indo-Chinese region. The second type of Indonesians were related to the Mongol people as well as to the Japanese.
The tribes who dominated the region during the last two millennia were all descended from these original immigrants. The Cham, Malays and Javanese were related to the Mongol-like Indonesians. The Thai and Vietnamese had a similar ancestry and bore more resemblance to the Mongol peoples. The Mon-Khmer people were thought to be a mixture of the Mongol and Melanesian peoples.
