(September 19, 2011 at 6:27 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Agreed with the "Follow up on the Wiki references"
Am to understand that it is part of the genome for Africans..? Will find a similar genome in Melanesians.
Bingo, Kichi. You hit the nail on the head. There is only one way to pass genes and you have to be within a few inches of each other for that.
I saw an interesting theory which speculated that curly hair was a "cooling mechanism" for people living in hot humid climates....which certainly would explain people living in the Congo basin or New Guinea...but then, how to explain the Z'ulu
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or
Bushmen
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who live in hot - dry climates?