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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - so some of the answers seem to make it an issue about wealth - i.e. wealthy and developed countries aren't having kids (see japan).

If that is the case, then why are [b]russians and slavic countries (and balkans)[/b] have very low birth rates when they are a lot poorer than western europe, for sure.

An example - turkey is richer than bulgaria, but turkey has a tfr at or above replacement level but bulgaria is at 1.5

So I don't believe it being something about strictly wealth/development and opportunity costs. [/quote]

Russia, and slavic/balkan countries aren't all "white."  Indo-Europeans came from the Middle East and China.

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Well, the most accepted theory is the Kurgan hypothesis, that Indo-Europeans came from the Pontic Steppe, around Ukraine. Another, less accepted, theory is that they emerged from Turkey. But no one claims that Indo-Europeans "came from" China, though the Tocharians did settle in what is now western China.[/quote]

Historical DNA research is shedding light on ancient migrations and makes for very interesting reading because of all the new discoveries and insights. There were 3 migration waves that formed modern Europe. The earliest, hunter gatherers, are thought to have been blue eyed with dark skin. Modern Baltic people career the highest proportion of this heritage.
The next wave was Anatolian farmers. Modern Sardinians carry about 80% Anatolian farmer DNA so have a look at photos of them to know what ancient Anatolians looked like.
Next came the milk drinking cattle herders from the steppe, spreading indo-european language and lots of yDNA, the kurgan culture. Here's a good recent gloss on the research: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/sep/18/ancient-ancestors-europeans-dna-study
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