Why are the people with paler skin colour(whites if you can say so) called Caucasians?

Question

i am not labelling people,just i am interrested why. As far as I know Caucasian mountains are in western Asia and the people there do not look like Europeans. So where did this term come from?

Answer 1

The term Caucasian originated as one of the racial categories recognised by 19th century craniology and is derived from the region of the Caucasus mountains[6].The concept of a "Caucasian race" or Varietas Caucasia was first proposed under those names by the German scientist and classical anthropologist, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840).

Answer 2

Why are you labeling people?!

REPORTED!!

Answer 3

I don't know what other people will tell you but I know the anwser:  The first white people originate from the region near the Caucus mountains in Europe.

Answer 4

the poster above is being reported for "reporting"!

Answer 5

The Caucasian race, sometimes the Caucasoid race,[1][2] is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "relating to a broad division of humankind covering peoples from Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of South Asia" or "white-skinned; of European origin" or "relating to the region of the Caucasus in SE Europe".[3]