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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Truthcentric: [qb] I was reading [URL=http://wysinger.homestead.com/hair_semma.pdf]this old study[/URL] which concludes that ancient Nubians had less tightly curled hair than what we normally associate with sub-Saharan Africans. I know some people here will claim that tropically adapted Africans have diverse hair textures, but according to [URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-textured_hair]Wikipedia[/URL], Afro-type hair is a tropical adaptation whereas straighter hair is more adaptive to a cold/low-UV environment, which makes me wonder if less curly hair in Africans does indicate some admixture with cold-adapted populations. The problem is that we all know that these people still had very tropical limb proportions, which would preclude the Eurasian admixture hypothesis. And how come I can't find photos of these Nubian mummies? Maybe their hair isn't as straight as the study authors seem to imply here? I wonder if these guys have looked at mummies like [URL=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SshJyvXjN4U/TfBzHwF0unI/AAAAAAAACtg/wQyTu18woXU/s1600/nubian-mummy.jpg]this[/URL]? [/qb][/QUOTE]And you trust wikipedia of all sources?? By the way, this topic was discussed several times before including another thread whose topic was totally different but the Lyinass tried to argue that that straighter hair is cold adapted. Also, one has to be clear what one means by straighter hair. It's the same as saying darker skin. Straighter compared to what? If you are referring to wavy hair texture, we know such is common enough not only in tropical Africa but in tropical Eurasia among tropically adapted folks that it would be silly to attribute the trait to cold adaptation. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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