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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Swenet: [QB] [IMG]http://www.ephotobay.com/image/picture-34-11.png[/IMG] My man looking like Morgan Freeman in Robin Hood. With the freckles and everything. The phenotypical diversity of Siwans is striking. We see the same thing in the Khargha Oasis. You got the coastal Maghrebi looking Siwans (for the lack of a better term) and the [i]more[/i] 'African' looking ones, with both often (but not always) having corresponding lighter and darker skin. The fact that these people live side by side for so long in the middle of the desert without becoming more homogeneous suggests that one of these has been intermingling more with new arrivals than the other. Or maybe they're both diluted just as much and genetically unrepresentative of the ancient inhabitants. In this scenario the subset with more 'African' features simply look more like the ancient inhabitants but don't have this look because they're less diluted. Kellis burials and other ancient oasis inhabitants show commonalities with Nubian samples in Roman times (indicating migration from elsewhere on the continent, not necessarily northern Sudan) so more 'African' phenotypes don't always have to be a direct link to the ancient inhabitants. [QUOTE]The results of the inter-regional comparison of trait frequencies demonstrate an overall affinity with North African populations, [b]especially with several early Upper Egyptian and contemporary Lower Nubian groups.[/b] Despite these similarities, however, the Kellis assemblage remains relatively distinct in relation to the comparative groups. This is [b]consistent with a geographically isolated population experiencing limited gene-flow.[/b][/QUOTE][URL=http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1370585/1/HADDOW_PHD_THESIS.pdf]Haddow 2012[/URL] Whatever their exact origin, these modern Siwans with darker skin and certain facial features would still be closer in phenotype to the original oasis Egyptians: [IMG]http://www.bcarchaeology.com/Images/07-Banentiu-tomb.jpg[/IMG] Tomb of Bannentiu in Bahariya Oasis [/QB][/QUOTE]
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