quote:Originally posted by The Explorer: Of course there is such a thing as features that are not African, granted that African diversity encompasses much of that found outside of the continent. The Pinocchio-like tip of the nose that is frequently found in northern west Eurasians is generally rare, if not absent, in autochthonous African populations. The level of loss of epidermal pigmentation in northern Europe is essentially not African, as a natural selection feature as opposed to a genetic mishap. Likewise, certain hair textures found in Europe are rare to absent in Africa. The orbital ridges that are prominent in Australian populations, once a frequent trait in Africa, is no longer prominent on the continent. These are merely a few examples that immediately pop into mind.
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A common example of this is the nose job done on the facial reconstruction of Tut:
It appears that there was an attempt to "Europeanize" Tut's nose, but it came out in a peculiar way instead. Tut's contemporaneous sculptures don't feature such nose tips on his busts.
^This last one perhaps does a good job of showing the contrasts. The female's nose is by no means flat, but next to the male's, the tip of her nose points out relatively lesser than the "white" male counterpart. Note the differences in nostrils too. The male's is longer and the opening of the nostrils are relatively narrower than that of the female, while the latter's nostril [its outlines] appear relatively more flared or emphasized. So by "Pinocchio"-like nose tip, I'm referring to these type of side-profile outward projections of the nose, and the relatively "sharper" or "pointier" tip (often slanting downwards), usually in accompaniment by narrower (in tandem with understated nostril lines) long nostril openings, which appear as though someone is pressing on the nostrils.
Ps: Observe the tips of the nose and the nostrils...
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You do realize they are going to claim the nose originates in Africa.
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Obviously adaption to colder climates from the OOA migrations, just as the flater nose seen in some "Bantu" groups is an adaption as well. Not that a Nose shape is a good indicater of "African" people but as Explorer says the European tip nose is rare in Africans but more common in Euros.
I suggest the OP do research on Adaptions, look an Amerindians.
FYI, Gigantic is just mad because there is only one Race-The Human. Keep poutin BOY!
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