Post by clydewin98 on Jul 26, 2012 12:02:09 GMT -5
@ Clyde
Clyde - Notice he says THE DIVERSITY STILL EXISTS! EVen some years ago he said the "Southern Egyptian to Nubian color" would be the modal color for MOST of the country"
The Egyptian "type" being similar to "Ethiopians" in "Greek speak' is not mutually exclusive to other non-African types being present inside of Egypt regardless of how small they may be.
Moving to the opposite geographic extremity the very small sample populations available from northern Egypt from before 1st dynasty (Merimda, Madi, and Wadi Digla) turn out to be significantly different from sample populations from Palestine and Byblos, suggesting a lack of common ancestors over a long time. If there was a south-north cline variation along the Nile Valley it did not, from this limited evidence continue smoothly on into southern Palestine. The limb length proportions of the males from the Egyptian sites group them with Africans rather than Europeans...By contrast, an excavated set of around 300 burials from Tell-el-Daba in thenorth east delta belonging to a group believed to be Palestinian immigrants living in the late Middle Kingdom/ Second Intermediate period (1750-1550BC) have physical characteristics that group them with ancient populations from the Near East and at a greater distance from those from Elephantine.
You can read it, as well as the context below.
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There you have it. Foreign groups inside Egypt as early as the middle Kingdom. Some of these people were of course absorbed. This would add to the DIVERSITY of Egypt. The demographic shift of certain groups being more representative NOW than they were in the past is a different argument all together but does not disagree with the words from Keita.
Are you telling me Egyptians adopted loan word for agriculture and cattle, Sudanic Crops and possible religious ideas from Nilo-Saharans but these Nilo-Saharans did not contribute ONE individual to the peopling of Egypt?
Likewise Egyptians adopted Wheat, Barley, peas, Lentils, Sheep, Goats, Flax, etc from South West Asians but these south West Asians did not contribute ONE PERSON to the peopling of Egypt?
Have you been able to research and understand the Genetic studies that date African and Non-African lineages in North and North East Africa? And I am NOT even talking about M1 and U6. Have you even read the results of ANCIENT DNA studies on the area?
Could it be possible that Keita has access to bits of information that you do not? I MYSELF have access to data that you do not.
I don't know what you're talking about. What are the Asian loan words related to agriculture adopted by Egyptians?
I have read the DNA and y-Chromosome literature on N. Africa.
The West Asians who would have migrated into Egypt during the Middle Kingdom would not have been 'whites' like the Amazigh. These ancient West Asians were Blacks. In fact many of them were Kushites. This is supported by presence of Kashu, Hattic and other Kushites.
Moroever, the Phonesians were Blacks. They had been under Egyptian rule for years and adopted many aspects of Egyptian culture.
Are you now claiming that they were 'whites'.