Settlement of Central Asia

I've always been interested in pre-historic trends and migrations...

The Dead Tell a Tale China Doesn’t Care to Listen To - NYTimes.com: 

"The Tarim mummies seem to indicate that the very first people to settle the area came from the west — down from the steppes of Central Asia and even farther afield — and not from the fertile plains and river valleys of the Chinese interior. The oldest, like the Loulan Beauty, date back 3,800 years."