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[QUOTE]Originally posted by BrandonP: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Elijah The Tishbite: [qb]Thats because of gracilisation, not lack of common ancestors, not an influx of Eurasians. And the dental morphology doesn't refute the cranial morphology. Afalou was intermediate [/qb][/QUOTE]IMO, the fact that late Pleistocene Al-Khiday remains already resemble historic Egypto-Nubians means that the latter can't simply be gracilized descendants of Jebel Sahabans etc. However, it's also inconvenient for Anty's narrative because it indicates that a phenotype related to that of historic Egypto-Nubians was already in the region prior to the Holocene. Combine that with what Swenet mentioned about Pleistocene West Eurasians not resembling Egypto-Nubians that much and you can see how he can't really claim the Al-Khiday phenotype to have originated through admixture with Pleistocene back-migrants. This is the key passage from Irish et al 2021 that I notice Anty didn't address (even though, amusingly enough, it's one of the papers he quoted in response to you): [QUOTE][qb]In summary, the most parsimonious explanation is ancestors of Holocene agriculturalists were in Nubia—just not at Wadi Halfa, Gebel Sahaba, and Tushka. Although cultural diffusion with the incorporation of non-local resources occurred, with perhaps some immigration, it is unnecessary to hypothesize a significant post-Pleistocene influx of agriculturalists. The results suggest most future Nubian agriculturalists were in residence the entire time, though previously in the guise of Neolithic agro-pastoralists and intensive collectors.[/qb] It would seem likely that, soil deflation aside, more Late Palaeolithic skeletal remains akin to Al Khiday may yet be discovered, possibly including Lower Nubia. So, long-term population continuity appears likely after all, perhaps including in situ selection for a reduction in cranial robusticity, as well as dental size (only), during the transition from hunting–gathering to agriculture.[/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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