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Charles Darwin may not have totally lacked racial prejudice, but an excerpt from his Descent of Man suggests that even he may have considered at least some of the ancient Egyptians to be black:
quote:With respect to the figures in the famous Egyptian caves of Abou-Simbel, M. Pouchet says (The Plurality of the Human Races, Eng. translat., 1864, p. 50), that he was far from finding recognisable representations of the dozen or more nations which some authors believe that they can recognise. Even some of the most strongly-marked races cannot be identified with that degree of unanimity which might have been expected from what has been written on the subject. Thus Messrs. Nott and Gliddon (Types of Mankind, p. 148), state that Rameses II, or the Great, has features superbly European; whereas Knox, another firm believer in the specific distinctness of the races of man (Races of Man, 1850, p. 201), speaking of young Memnon (the same as Rameses II, as I am informed by Mr. Birch), insists in the strongest manner that he is identical in character with the Jews of Antwerp. Again, when I looked at the statue of Amunoph III [Amunhotep III?], I agreed with two officers of the establishment, both competent judges, that he had a strongly-marked negro type of features; but Messrs. Nott and Gliddon (ibid., p. 146, fig. 53), describe him as a hybrid, but not of "negro intermixture."
Looks like we have the man who help lay the foundations of modern biology on our side!
the lioness Member # 17353
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People who can detect "negro type features" on certain sculptures are on our side.
Troll Patrol Member # 18264
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness: People who can detect "negro type features" on certain sculptures are on our side.
Especially when multiple studies have shown a continuity of the same people, from the South of Egypt and Northern Sudan, as being closest to the Ancient Egyptians.
Ta-Seti.
the lioness Member # 17353
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quote:Originally posted by Troll Patrol: closest to the Ancient Egyptians.
why are they "closest to" but not the same as?
Troll Patrol Member # 18264
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness:
quote:Originally posted by Troll Patrol: closest to the Ancient Egyptians.
why are they "closest to" but not the same as?
Duh, the population has shifted a bit over the thousands of years. Thus show continuity.
The climate change could be the most logical explanation for this.
Djehuti Member # 6698
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^ LOL @ the neanderdummy spinning and spinning. She must be real dizzy to come out with a reply like this, "why are they "closest to" but not the same as?"
Why are the Greeks closest to Macedonians but not the same as them? Why are Japanese closest to Koreans but not the same as them?
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