I've used this photo before, Mitch, so take a look at it.
![[Image: Seti.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.saveyourheritage.com%2Fimages%2FSeti.jpg)
It is wall art from the Tomb of Seti I, the father of Ramesses II of Egypt. It shows, c 1300 BC, the various subject peoples of Seti's realm, namely Egyptians, (brown skin - white kilt), Canaanites, Syrians and Nubians (black skin, sashes). Egypt and Nubia ( now Sudan ) share a common border. Do you think it was that much hotter on the Nubian side of the border to account for the difference?
It's a desert on both sides of the border. Without the Nile no one could live there. This is why I say that when we consider the racial differences among various human groups it is a very complicated issue and may well go back to Homo Erectus. Attributing skin or hair variations to climate sounds logical....until you look at it closely. It is not just skin color or hair texture. There are skeletal differences, too.
It is wall art from the Tomb of Seti I, the father of Ramesses II of Egypt. It shows, c 1300 BC, the various subject peoples of Seti's realm, namely Egyptians, (brown skin - white kilt), Canaanites, Syrians and Nubians (black skin, sashes). Egypt and Nubia ( now Sudan ) share a common border. Do you think it was that much hotter on the Nubian side of the border to account for the difference?
It's a desert on both sides of the border. Without the Nile no one could live there. This is why I say that when we consider the racial differences among various human groups it is a very complicated issue and may well go back to Homo Erectus. Attributing skin or hair variations to climate sounds logical....until you look at it closely. It is not just skin color or hair texture. There are skeletal differences, too.
