The following tribes would have likely had high frequencies of Rh- blood and/or were an evolutionary stepping stone towards Rh negative populations today: Amazon Warrior Women (Sarmatians) Everyone here has heard about the famous Amazon Warrior Women, but not everyone is aware that they were actually based on a real army of females from Sarmatia. The Roman author Ovid recorded that one of the Sarmatian tribes, the Coralli, had blond hair, which is a characteristic that Ammianus Marcellinus also ascribed to the Alans. He wrote that nearly all of the Alani were “of great stature and beauty, their hair is somewhat yellow, their eyes are frighteningly fierce.” Both Herodotus’ and Hippocrates’ accounts inform us that the Sarmatians took interest in … Continue reading Rh- Tribes in Ancient Times