| The early inhabitants of Western Asia; by Felix Von Luschan | |
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| Crimson Guard | Jan 16 2012, 02:00 PM Post #1 |
Spirit of Vengeance
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                                -Source book in anthropology edited by Alfred Louis Kroeber, Thomas Talbot Waterman |
     
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| faintsmile1992 | Jul 17 2012, 03:45 AM Post #2 |
A cat of a different coat
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50% of western Kurds are blond and blue eyed? That's just silly. |
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| Azamat | Jul 30 2012, 12:28 PM Post #3 |
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To be honest, the author of this text does not strike me as a very objective person. While it is true that there is a very small but distinct blond minority amongst Kurds, it is often prone to exaggeration(not only by outsiders but unfortunately by Kurds themselves aswell) and it is clear from this text that this serves to support an attempt to connect Kurds to the "the race of Northern Europe". I'm sorry, CG, but this text is to be rejected as a valuable source of information about the racial makeup of Kurdish people. My knowledge on the other groups he discussses is not extensive so I will not comment on that. Judging from my observations I think that any hair shades lighter than dark brown among the entire Kurdish population account for no more than 20-25% of the whole. I can safely say that around 75-80% have black or dark brown hair(black probably accounting for the majority within this percentage). See the crowd pictures in the spoiler tag below to see what average Kurdish hair colors are(it makes the claims seen in the text posted by CG look ridiculous, really). If the population concerns only that of a specific region then of course the numbers may deviate from these estimations, since (a noticeably higher frequence of) some pigmentational traits are often specific to a particular (often geographically isolated) area, but not significantly. As for eye colors, it is more difficult to make such estimations. Spoiler: click to toggle Edited by Azamat, Jul 30 2012, 01:22 PM.
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| faintsmile1992 | Jul 30 2012, 10:25 PM Post #4 |
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I can understand the bit about depigmentation being more common in western Kurdistan though, because when I saw Zaza kurd crowds I noticed Pontids and Caucasionics, probably from the Kura-Araxes archaeological culture bringing the Hurrian language (Mitanni was associated with the Kura-Araxes culture). |
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| Azamat | Jul 30 2012, 10:49 PM Post #5 |
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True, but that applies to skin pigmentation rather than hair color really. Light hair amongst Kurds does not correspond geographically with areas of depigmented skin. If anything, the frequency of any hair tint lighter than dark brown amongst Zaza Kurds is even lower than in the rest of the population. Edited by Azamat, Jul 30 2012, 10:57 PM.
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