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RE: Afro Hair
September 19, 2011 at 10:20 am
(September 19, 2011 at 10:11 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: 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

Robert Winston?
(though I am not from the UK)
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RE: Afro Hair
September 19, 2011 at 10:21 am
I know the guy... Can never remember his name though, and I'm too lazy to look it up.
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RE: Afro Hair
September 19, 2011 at 10:31 am (This post was last modified: September 19, 2011 at 10:31 am by KichigaiNeko.)
(September 19, 2011 at 10:20 am)leo-rcc Wrote:
(September 19, 2011 at 10:11 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: 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

Robert Winston?
(though I am not from the UK)

Nailed it leo...thankyou Heart

Yeah he did a BBC program - BBC The Human Body ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Winston
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RE: Afro Hair
September 19, 2011 at 2:38 pm
(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.
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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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who live in hot - dry climates?


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September 19, 2011 at 2:56 pm
(September 18, 2011 at 8:12 pm)D-MITCH777 Wrote: Can anyone help me with how some people developed Afro hair??

Question is a little suspicious when its the very first one from a brand new member with no introduction and no follow up post as yet.

Is this really a scholarly pursuit or do you have an alternative agenda?



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September 19, 2011 at 3:08 pm
(September 19, 2011 at 9:50 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: I had a Jew'fro that I managed to tame, but I assume that's not the fro you're looking for.

Please tell me there are pictures.....Big Grin



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RE: Afro Hair
September 19, 2011 at 3:09 pm
You saw how crazy curly it was in my first avatar.
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RE: Afro Hair
September 19, 2011 at 3:28 pm
(September 19, 2011 at 3:09 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: You saw how crazy curly it was in my first avatar.

Pretend for a moment that I am an old man and cant remember you old look.



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RE: Afro Hair
September 19, 2011 at 3:46 pm
I just hope she's talking about her head.

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RE: Afro Hair
September 19, 2011 at 3:50 pm
And you say *I* always take it someplace naughty...
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