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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Faheemdunkers: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [qb] [QUOTE][qb]Originally posted by Fartheadbonkers: [/qb] Coon (1982) writes "[i]almost[/i] black (dark brown)". Caucasoid pigmentation runs through to brown shades, but excludes excessively dark. [/QUOTE]Is it me, or is the above self-contradictory? You cite Coon as saying Caucasoid skin color ranges to "almost black" but then YOU say Caucasoid pigmentation excludes excessively dark. Is not almost black excessively dark? And what are we to make of the skin cells of New Kingdom Pharaohs packed with melanin as expected for Negroids?? [/qb][/QUOTE]It's standard per the Fitzpatrick scale, or Luschan scale. There's 6 skin types on the Fitzpatrick scale - 1. Pale white 2. White 3. Medium White ("brown tinge") 4. Light brown 5. Medium Brown 6. Very dark brown/black The six types on one hand: [IMG]http://www.thehospitalgroup.ie/uploads/images/Fitzpatrick.jpg[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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