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Is Kmtian wavy and straight hair the only trait not shared with Ancient Nubians?
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Swenet: [qb] ^You're glossing over the reason why they generally cut their hair (lices and hygiene), and you're also glossing over the thousands of images where those lines you mention are absent, but the exact same hair styles are depicted. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Truthcentric: [i]In the deep dermis is an acutely curved hair follicle suggesting formation of a kinky hair shaft.[/i]---Thomas Chapel et al, "Histologic findings in mummified skin", 1981 Admittedly it's only one mummy, but the fact that this formative hair shaft was found embedded in the epidermis, and therefore protected from the post-mortem environment, makes me think it might give us clues. [/qb][/QUOTE]If you look at the Egyptian hair studies, those hairs (and therefore, hair follicles) are represented in almost all the studies. As you said, this is not an anomaly. There is no 'clue' or 'mystery' that needs to be solved, because there is no a priori evidence that there was a high prevalence of kinky hair in Ancient Egyptians the first place. Kinky hair is clearly depicted when it is depicted, and by far most depictions of Ancient Egyptian hair simply don't look like that (spherical in shape and with hair coils depicted): [/QUOTE]I'm trying to follow what you are saying here but getting confused. Truthecentric said look at this mummy, it has a kinky hair shaft. Then you say it's not an anomally. Ok fine But then you say " there is no a priori evidence that there was a high prevalence of kinky hair in Ancient Egyptians the first place" That sounds like you are making the opposite case of what Truthcentric was suggesting. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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