A researcher says that using ancient teeth, he has learned who the Egyptians may have been before history. (Article in World Science) http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/051217_egyptfrm.htm
I am puzzled by your 'duh', loki ghost. This would appear to indicate one of two things: a) You don't understand the post. b) You don't understand the significance of the post. The origin of the Egyptians has been a matter of some dispute for a couple of centuries, at least. This research strongly suggests [through studies of teeth several individuals over a 5000 year time span] a continuity of population from the Badarans, a primitve stone age people, through to the pyramid builders and beyond. It is of definite interest to anyone intrigued by the early civilisations. Here is the abstract of the original paper: Irish,Joel D. Who were the ancient Egyptians? Dental affinities among Neolithic through postdynastic peoples Vol 128 Dec 2005 Am J Phys Anthropol Qualitative and quantitative methods are employed to describe and compare up to 36 dental morphological variants in 15 Neolithic through Roman-period Egyptian samples. Trait frequencies are determined, and phenetic affinities are calculated using the mean measure of divergence and Mahalanobis D2 statistics for discrete traits; the most important traits in generating this intersample variation are identified with correspondence analysis. Assuming that the samples are representative of the populations from which they derive, and that phenetic similarity provides an estimate of genetic relatedness, these affinities are suggestive of overall population continuity. That is, other than a few outliers exhibiting extreme frequencies of nine influential traits, the dental samples appear to be largely homogenous and can be characterized as having morphologically simple, mass-reduced teeth. These findings are contrasted with those resulting from previous skeletal and other studies, and are used to appraise the viability of five Egyptian peopling scenarios. Specifically, affinities among the 15 time-successive samples suggest that: 1) there may be a connection between Neolithic and subsequent predynastic Egyptians, 2) predynastic Badarian and Naqada peoples may be closely related, 3) the dynastic period is likely an indigenous continuation of the Naqada culture, 4) there is support for overall biological uniformity through the dynastic period, and 5) this uniformity may continue into postdynastic times.
Ah, so your ignorance is, indeed, deep rooted. I must look at some of your other posts and see if you are always so obtuse. Are you English? That would make you an obtuse angle, I suppose.
