Martin Bernal's aggressive and provocative Black Athena posits Egypt as co-founder if not indirect initiator of Ancient Greece, calling into question accepted notions of Northern origins. His three volume book and the rebuttals (a short one is linked below) show confusion in deciphering the oral transition between cultures. Does the west prove origins by projecting skin colors back through time?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Athena

http://www.worldagesarchive.com/Reference_Links/Muller.html?story_id=12758