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Post by soul on Sept 23, 2005 3:23:14 GMT -4
Both of Eva's parents are black.
Yes, there is, but it's all curly hair, just one is wound up tighter than the other. One way or the other, hair evolved, along with the people. Either all hair was straight or all hair was curly.
There is a strong theory that albinos were kicked out of Africa, because they looked different than their African family. (This could have been a blessing in disguise, because the hot climate would have been torture for them, because they did not have any pigment.)
Once ousted out of Africa, they mated amongst themselves and formed a race of lightly pigmented people, white, who eventually migrated up north to Europe.
I find this fascinating, and I could go more into detail.
Anyway, I happened to see a child, whose parents were albinos, and the child came out looking mixed, with straight curly hair, light skin, and light eyes. Her parents, lacked pigment, and had very course white hair, in other words, very albino.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2005 3:39:07 GMT -4
Both of Eva's parents are black. Yes, there is, but it's all curly hair. There is a strong theory that albinos were kicked out of Africa, because they looked different than their African family. They formed a race of pigmented people, white, who migrated up north in Europe. That theory is scientifically unsound for 2 reasons: 1) albinism is a disease of lack of pigment due to a defect in pigment producing cells - it occurs in whites and blacks. 2)everyone has the same amount of pigment(melanin) cells in their body, it's just that the pigment produced ranges from pink to yellow to brown to black.
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Post by soul on Sept 23, 2005 3:52:25 GMT -4
Albinoism occuring in both races does not mean that this theory is scientifically unsound, especially if the theory states that the races started from each other. If you follow the train of thought, albinoism should occur in both races, if there is a genetic link between the two.
What the theory stated was that you had one race of people who threw out the ones that looked different. The Africans would continue to have albinos, because they would still carry the defected gene along with the pigment producing gene. In addition, the migrated albino, would still carry the defected no pigment producing gene. Now, if they formed the white race, as we know it today, whites will have albinos, along with blacks.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2005 4:06:33 GMT -4
There is no such thing as white pigment for one thing. The job of pigment is to cover the nucleus and protect the DNA from radiation (sun) damage. Africans live near the equator - so it was beneficial to be selected for darker melanin and to retain the melanin longer - which is what is going on in black skin. It was not necessary to retain pigment as long nor to be selected for the darker color if you lived in the northern climates. But we all still produce it.
So there is absolutely no way the white race developed from black albinos. Albinism is selected against evolutionary because it is a defect. Albinos are damaged by the sun so their lifespan would be shorter. They also cannot see very well due to lack of eye pigment. This would make for a very poor, unsuccessful race.
That is not the same thing as saying that the human race did not start in Africa and migrate out. It almost certainly did. But not from black albinos.
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Post by Fraggle Rock on Sept 23, 2005 11:45:44 GMT -4
Is Charisma Carpenter half Latina? Yes. She's half Mexican.
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Post by veronicamars on Sept 25, 2005 0:11:30 GMT -4
Are the models Kara Young & Noemie mixed?
What is Paula Abdul?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2005 0:39:26 GMT -4
Although people have erroneously claimed that she is Syrian-Palestian/Muslim, it is not true, both her parents are Jewish. Abdul's mother is Canadian-born and Jewish; her father is of Syrian Sephardic Jewish origin. Her dark skin is from the Sephardic Jewish blood. Sephardic Jews were expelled from Spain during the Spanish inquistion and ended up in Iran/Iraq. Thus the darker look. I think she is gorgeous. Interesting to me is Salma Hayek who we always assume is strictly Latina or Mexican of Spanish descent. Her father was actually of (Catholic) Lebanese descent. She speaks Arabic too. And her Salma is a variation of 'salam' which is arabic for peace.
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Post by veronicamars on Sept 25, 2005 14:51:04 GMT -4
Salma doesn't claim her Lebanese blood @ all, it seems.
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Post by brinksteria on Sept 25, 2005 17:00:22 GMT -4
Claim it? I think Salma wears her Middle Eastern ancestry on her sleeve. Her last name is "Hayek," after all. Most of her interviews/profiles I've come across mention her Lebanese roots.
It comes up periodically in this thread that so-&-so celebrity is in denial about his/her ____ ancestry. Sometimes, in real life, that's true. But the cases mentioned in this thread seem pretty baseless. Whether it's Jennifer Tilly, Mariah, or Salma ... what do people expect them to do? Tattoo their family tree on their forehead? Maybe you just learned that a celebrity has a diverse ethnic background, and it's news to you. But that doesn't mean that the celebrity was ashamed and trying to suppress that info. It just means that the info finally got around to you.
Also, Mackenzie Rosman looks like a lot of Ashkenaz Jewish girls I know.
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Post by soul on Sept 26, 2005 3:14:55 GMT -4
But the fact is, albinoism still occurs, even today. But the theory questions what if albinos were kicked out of the tribe, and as a result formed their own race, which had to exist out of the continent of Africa, due to the extreme temperature.
Yes, albinoism is a defect, but so are a lot of disabilities, but babies are still born with them. Evolution cannot eradicate albinoism, as long as there are modern humans carrying the gene. According to the theorist, in which a group of albinos mated, the chances of creating more albinos increased, and therefore, would occur more frequently.
Not only would albinos occur in births, but hybrids of what could possibly be another race, which did have some pigment, but not as much as the black race.
That's why it made sense for a migration out of Africa to cooler climents such as Europe. Plus, a shorter life span didn't mean much, when most folks didn't live pass the age of 33, so it's possible the albinos were living just as long/short as the non-albino.
Yes, it would, but poor eye sight is not complete blindness. In ancient times, there were many ailments to have. Even a cavity proved to be unbearable for some ancient people, which caused one man to jump off of a cliff.
All I'm saying it that this theory is fascinating to say the least. The theory goes on to say the migration of the albinos was possible, because the continents, especially Africa and Europe were closer. In fact, if you see a map of the world, it does appear as though the continents were just one, some time ago.
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