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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 Djehuti: [QB] ^ To Troll Patrol, nevermind I see the bust now in different angles and the nose is wider than I thought and yes I see a little maxillary prognathism, though I don't know what all the hoopla about the bust that lyinass posted has anything to do with the topic of this thread. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Truthcentric: [qb] Forgive me for raining on certain people's parades here, but I've been able to confirm that the Egyptian mummy hair we're arguing over isn't exactly in top condition. I was able to get a hold of [URL=https://docs.google.com/file/d/1Y3KkpfSXOPLxBkxB6LRISA4MF55Mb6wFCnuBtMyo5Q9ssdE6v1KrQ7Y_bxk0/edit?usp=sharing]Brothwell and Spearman's article on ancient hair[/URL] at the UCSD library, and they mention that Egyptian hairs, most of all those from the predynastic, have suffered "cuticular erosion". Given that cuticular erosion appears in artificially straightened hair, this doesn't exactly bolster the argument that these people had naturally straight or wavy hair. As an aside, Brothwell and Spearman also report that hair size might also change in post-mortem conditions. Mind you, my position is [b]not[/b] that dark-skinned African people can't have wavy hair. I'm sure the Africans aboriginal to the Saharan latitudes have evolved it a long time ago. I do question whether ancient Egyptians and Nubians were exclusively of Saharan (as opposed to sub-Saharan) descent though. You'd think that once the tropical monsoon moved north and turned the desert green, more than a few sub-Saharan people with kinky hair would have followed it and settled in the Nile Valley. [/qb][/QUOTE]Indeed. To be honest I'm not at all surprised. I too have been making this same argument since [URL=http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=007496;p=1]PAGE 1[/URL] of this very thread that either embalming chemicals and/or passage of time leads to cuticular erosion. Once the cortex of the hair follicle is exposed oxidation occurs which leads to annihilation of the eumelanin (responsible for black coloring of hair) and only phaelomelanin is left giving the light colored brown, auburn, or red color. This also leads to alteration of original texture. But again, this is not to say wavy hair did not naturally occur. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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