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Afro Hair
September 18, 2011 at 8:12 pm
Can anyone help me with how some people developed Afro hair??
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RE: Afro Hair
September 18, 2011 at 11:47 pm
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RE: Afro Hair
September 19, 2011 at 12:08 am
(September 18, 2011 at 8:12 pm)D-MITCH777 Wrote: Can anyone help me with how some people developed Afro hair??

Go to Wikipedia
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RE: Afro Hair
September 19, 2011 at 12:18 am
It's actually a good question - right up there with how did the races of man develop but I have no answers for you.

( I would avoid Wiki like the plague, though. )
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RE: Afro Hair
September 19, 2011 at 12:27 am (This post was last modified: September 19, 2011 at 12:27 am by Justtristo.)
(September 19, 2011 at 12:18 am)Minimalist Wrote: It's actually a good question - right up there with how did the races of man develop but I have no answers for you.

( I would avoid Wiki like the plague, though. )

It is not that bad, as long as you follow up on what books and articles various Wikipedia pages quote.
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RE: Afro Hair
September 19, 2011 at 12:35 am
It's a complex subject, though, and a mine field for scholars who have to tiptoe around the need for political correctness.
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RE: Afro Hair
September 19, 2011 at 6:27 am (This post was last modified: September 19, 2011 at 6:29 am by KichigaiNeko.)
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.
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RE: Afro Hair
September 19, 2011 at 9:07 am
I have afro hair because my dad had afro hair. He had afro hair because his dad had afro hair. And so forth. My theory is aliens.
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RE: Afro Hair
September 19, 2011 at 9:50 am
I had a Jew'fro that I managed to tame, but I assume that's not the fro you're looking for.
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RE: Afro Hair
September 19, 2011 at 10:11 am
shit there was some tv program that covered why people have different hair structure that will lend itself to the 'fro ....ummm UK..BBC... Life ...bloke with a huge moustache??

someone from UK save me here...Dunno
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