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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Troll Patrol: [QB] [i]E-V68[/i] [QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Narmerthoth: [qb] Shaddup freakazoid and apologize, you ig'nate ingrate! [/qb][/QUOTE]kiss my dark chocolate, melanin packed ass [/qb][/QUOTE]lol at this trickery! I got next, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 121:219–229 (2003) Variation in Ancient Egyptian Stature and Body Proportions Sonia R. Zakrzewski* Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BF, UK 'The ancient Egyptians have been described as having a “ [b]Negroid” body plan[/b] (Robins, 1983). Variations in the proximal to distal segments of each limb were therefore examined. Of the ratios considered, only maximum humerus length to maximum ulna length (XLH/XLU) showed statistically significant change through time. This change was a relative decrease in the length of the humerus as compared with the ulna, suggesting the development of an increasingly African body plan with time. This may also be the result of Nubian mercenaries being included in the sample from Gebelein. The nature of the body plan was also investigated by comparing the intermembral, brachial, and crural indices for these samples with values obtained from the literature. No significant differences were found in either index through time for either sex. The raw values in Table 6 suggest that Egyptians had the “[b]super-Negroid[/b]” body plan described by Robins (1983). The values for the brachial and crural indices show that the distal segments of each limb are longer relative to the proximal segments than in many “African” populations (data from Aiello and Dean, 1990). This pattern is supported by Figure 7 (a plot of population mean femoral and tibial lengths; data from Ruff, 1994), which indicates that the Egyptians generally have tropical body plans. Of the Egyptian samples, only the Badarian and Early Dynastic period populations have shorter tibiae than predicted from femoral length. Despite these differences, all samples lie relatively clustered together as compared to the other populations.' Determination of optimal rehydration, fixation and staining methods for histological and "immunohistochemical analysis of mummified soft tissues" A-M Mekota1, M Vermehren Department of Biology I, Biodiversity Research/Anthropology1and Department of Veterinary Anatomy II2, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany Submitted January 8, 2002; revised May 4, 2004; accepted August 12, 2004 Abstract During an excavation headed by the German Institute for Archaeology, Cairo, at the tombs of the nobles in Thebes-West, Upper Egypt, three types of tissues from different mummies were sampled to compare 13 well known rehydration methods for mummified tissue with three newly developed methods. Furthermore, three fixatives were tested with each of the rehydration fluids. Meniscus (fibrocartilage), skin, and a placenta were used for this study. The rehydration and fixation procedures were uniform for all methods. Materials and methods In 1997, the German Institute for Archaeology headed an excavation of the tombs of the nobles in Thebes-West, Upper Egypt. At this time, three types of tissues were sampled from different mummies: meniscus (fibrocartilage), skin, and placenta. Archaeological findings suggest that the mummies dated from the New Kingdom (approxi- mately 1550-1080 BC). Skin Skin sections showed particularly good tissue preservation, although cellular outlines were never distinct. Although much of the epidermis had already separated from the dermis, the remaining epidermis often was preserved well (Fig. 1). [b]The basal epithelial cells were packed with melanin as expected for specimens of Negroid origin. [/b] In the dermis, the hair follicles, hair, and sebaceous and sweat glands were readily apparent (Fig. 2). Blood vessels, but no red blood cells, and small peripheral nerves were identified unambiguously (Fig. 3). The subcutaneous layer showed loose connective tissue fibers attached to the dermis, and fat cell remnants were observed. To evaluate the influence of postmortum tissue decay by micro-organisms, the samples were tested for the presence of fungi using silver staining. Biotechnic & Histochemistry 2005, 80(1): 7Á/13 [IMG]http://picturestack.com/538/50/ufKPicture15oLQ.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l128/KING9_2006/Northeast%20Africans/DSC00379.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l128/KING9_2006/Northeast%20Africans/94020019.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l128/KING9_2006/Northeast%20Africans/2799618095_cdcfc27f2f.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l128/KING9_2006/Northeast%20Africans/fa7b.jpg[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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