Response to Mathilda's joke anthropology about hair of ancient Egyptians, proof Eurocentricks are dumber than they look

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Why don't you respond to the evidence? You have no retort for the fact that the ancient egpytians hair came back as super-negroid? I'm not sure where you came with the claim they were closest to Tasmanians. But even at that why would one have to be living in Africa to be black. If you are as educated as your purports you'd know that race are not limited neatly to existing geographical contexts, not all whites are still in kazakstan and not all blacks are still in Africa.

Using a special instrument called a trichometer, experts measure the cross-section of the hair, then divide the value for the minimum diameter of the hair by the maximum and multiply the product by a hundred, producing an index. Hair that was originally curly or kinky will produce an index between 55 and 70, while straighter hair will produce an index over 70.

According to Conti-Fuhrman and Massa (1972) and Massa and Massali (1980), hairs recovered from ancient Egyptian mummies have an average index of 60.02, falling within the kinky to curly range. In other words, ancient Egyptians' natural hair was curly to kinky like those of Africans. However, it must be noted that Egyptians usually shaved their heads to rid themselves of lice and wore wigs most of the time, so most Egyptian artwork does not depict Egyptians with their natural hair.

Explain why the studies find the Egyptians have hair based on your own graph as 60 = sub-saharan african?


"In the early 1970s, the Czech anthropologist Eugen Strouhal examined pre-dynastic Egyptian skulls at Cambridge University. He sent some samples of the hair to the Institute of Anthropology at Charles University, Prague, to be analyzed. The hair samples were described as varying in texture from "wavy" to "curly" and in colour from "light brown" to "black".  Strouhal summarized the results of the analysis:

"The outline of the cross-sections of the hairs was flattened, with indices ranging from 35 to 65. These peculiarities also show the Negroid inference among the Badarians (pre-dynastic Egyptians)." The term "Negroid influence" suggests intermixture, but as the table suggests this hair is more "Negroid" than the San and the Zulu samples, currently the most Negroid hair in existence!

In another study, hair samples from ten 18th-25th dynasty individuals produced an average index of 51! As far back as 1877, Dr. Pruner-Bey analyzed six ancient Egyptian hair samples. Their average index of 64.4 was similar to the Tasmanians who lie at the periphery of the African-haired populations(1).

A team of Italian anthropologists published their research in the Journal of Human Evolution in 1972 and 1980. They measured two samples consisting of 26 individuals from pre-dynastic, 12th dynasty and 18th dynasty mummies. They produced a mean index of 66.50.  The overall average of all four sets of ancient Egyptian hair samples was 60.02. Sounds familiar . . ., just check the table!"
http://www.stewartsynopsis.com/hair.htm


San, Southern African 55.00 Western European 71.20
 Zulu, Southern African 55.00 Asian Indian 73.00
Sub-Saharan Africa 60.00 Navajo American 77.00
Tasmanian (Black) 64.70 Chinese 82.60
Australian (Black) 68.00 Ancient Egyptians 35 to 65


Explain. While the mean index was 66.5 the overal average of all 4 sets was 60.02.

In fact not a single Ancient Egyptians has come back with a hair over 70 in the realm of silly caucasians.
As for why does mummy hair look wavy/straightish?

Since microscopic analysis shows ancient Egyptian hair to be completely African, why does the hair look Caucasoid? Research has given us the answers. Hair is made of keratin protein. Keratin is composed of amino acid chains called polypeptides. In a hair, two such chains are called cross-chain polypeptides. These are held together by disulphide bonds. The bulk of the hair, the source of its strength and curl, is called the cortex. The hair shafts are made of a protective outer layer called the cuticle.

We are informed by Afro Hair - A Salon Book, that chemicals for bleaching, penning and straightening hair must reach the cortex to be effective. For hair to be permed or straightened the disulphide bonds in the cortex must be broken. The anthropologist Daniel Hardy writing in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, tells us that keratin is stable owing to disulphide bonds. However, when hair is exposed to harsh conditions it can lead to oxidation of protein molecules in the cortex, which leads to the alteration of hair texture, such as straightening.

Two British anthropologists, Brothwell and Spearman, have found evidence of cortex keratin oxidation in ancient Egyptian hair. They held that the mummification process was responsible, because of the strong alkaline substance used. This resulted in the yellowing and browning of hair as well as the straightening effect.
 

This means that visual appearance of the hair on mummies cannot disguise their racial affinities. The presence of blonde and brown hair on ancient Egyptian mummies has nothing to do with their racial identity and everything to do with mummification and the passage of time. As the studies have shown, when you put the evidence under a microscope the truth comes out. At last, Egyptology's prayers have been answered. It has been put out of its misery.

http://www.stewartsynopsis.com/hair.htm




Game over Eurocentricks, you lose every time you open your mouth, Mathilda should go back into the kitchen and make me a sandwich.



Lets have a look at it again because eurocentricks are slow

The cross-section of a hair shaft is measured with an instrument called a trichometer. From this you can get measurements for the minimum and maximum diameter of a hair The minimum measurement is then divided by the maximum and then multiplied by a hundred. This produces an index. A survey of the scientific literature produces the following breakdown: 

  San, Southern African  55.00 

  Zulu, Southern African  55.00 

  Sub-Saharan Africa  60.00 

  Tasmanian (Black)  64.70 

  Australian (Black)  68.00 

  Western European  71.20 

  Asian Indian  73.00 

  Navajo American  77.00 

  Chinese  82.60 

In the early 1970s, the Czech anthropologist Eugen Strouhal examined pre-dynastic Egyptian skulls at Cambridge University. He sent some samples of the hair to the Institute of Anthropology at Charles University, Prague, to be analyzed. The hair samples were described as varying in texture from "wavy" to "curly" and in colour from "light brown" to "black". Strouhal summarized the results of the analysis: 

"The outline of the cross-sections of the hairs was flattened, with indices ranging from 35 to 65. These peculiarities also show the Negroid inference among the Badarians (pre-dynastic Egyptians)." 

The term "Negroid influence" suggests intermixture, but as the table suggests this hair is more "Negroid" than the San and the Zulu samples, currently the most Negroid hair in existence! 

In another study, hair samples from ten 18th-25th dynasty individuals produced an average index of 51! As far back as 1877, Dr. Pruner-Bey analyzed six ancient Egyptian hair samples. Their average index of 64.4 was similar to the Tasmanians who lie at the periphery of the African-haired populations(1). 

A team of Italian anthropologists published their research in the Journal of Human Evolution in 1972 and 1980. They measured two samples consisting of 26 individuals from pre-dynastic, 12th dynasty and 18th dynasty mummies. They produced a mean index of 66.50. 

And since we are on the topic of hair I know your next response is going to be to whine about blonde mummies and of course only white people can be blond

Ginger (named after his ginger-coloured hair) is thought to be the oldest known mummy. He died more than 5,000 years ago.


The reality is

Henna in Ancient Egypt:

Ahmose-Henttimehu 17th Dynasty (1574 BC): Henttimehu was probably a daughter of Seqnenre-Taa II and Ahmose-Inhapi. Smith reports that the mummy of Henttimehu own hair had been dyed a bright red at the sides, probably with henna.

Reference: G. Elliott Smith, The Royal Mummies, Duckworth Publishing; (September, 2000)

Henna (English) is a perennial shrub called Lawsonia inermis (Lythraceae)

Other common names: Egyptian Privet, Jamaica Mignonette tree

Height: 8 to 15 feet

Native to Egypt, tropical Africa, India and Asia. The entire shrub is ornamental, with small oval leaves and clusters of fragrant flowers in white, rose or cinnabar-red. The leaves, flowers, and twigs are ground into a fine powder, then mixed with hot water, and applied to the body or hair to leave a impermanent reddish-orange tint.



But I guess since he is a red head he is white too.