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Post by Funk Monk on Feb 8, 2007 13:21:55 GMT -5
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jam
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Post by jam on Feb 8, 2007 15:08:16 GMT -5
Her name is a huge hint, so you better not check the pictures web address  |
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Post by atessalev on Feb 8, 2007 22:34:12 GMT -5
Save the second photo, i think she looks Iranian.
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Post by Mike the Jedi on Feb 8, 2007 22:40:40 GMT -5
I first thought Armenian, but due to the facial width I have a sneaking suspicion she's part Mongoloid. Like maybe Central Asian. In that last pic especially.
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Post by drooperdoo on Feb 9, 2007 2:35:45 GMT -5
If she's Central Asian, she'd have to be either an Afghan or Persian, judging by the strange mixture of blue eyes and Mongoloid-influenced bone-structure.
East-meets-West.
Nevertheless, she's still--phenotypically--95% Caucasoid. Very little admixture, in my opinion. Just enough to make her look exotic and attractive.
P.S.--Didn't someone once post a dna study of Iran, for instance, where they said that they maintained a remarkable purity considering their geographic location--something like 96% Caucasoid, with only a 4% Mongoloid admixture rate.
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Post by Funk Monk on Feb 9, 2007 2:54:26 GMT -5
A little more to the West.
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Post by Mike the Jedi on Feb 9, 2007 3:08:40 GMT -5
To the west of what? Iran?
I'm surprised I didn't guess this: Turkish?
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Post by Funk Monk on Feb 9, 2007 3:16:16 GMT -5
Yeah, heh, I'm surprised no one guessed it before, as you already hinted at the possible Mongoloid.
Her last name is Turan.
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Post by drooperdoo on Feb 9, 2007 6:37:42 GMT -5
According to Wikipedia: "Tūrān (Persian: توران ) is the ancient Iranian name for Central Asia, literally meaning "the land of the Tur"."
I wonder if "Tur" is the Western derivation for "Tur-kish". It never occurred to me that "Turkish" might simply be the Iranian way of saying "generic Central Asian".
It makes sense, seeing as how--in the ancient world--they didn't use modern names for continents--like "Asia". So the term "Central Asia" would have been meaningless. "Tur" makes more sense.
Fascinating.
* Footnote: Historical irony alert: So if "Turk" means "Central Asian," how odd that the invaders of Anatolia would name it "Turkey," i.e., giving it the name to a region that was in fact thousands of miles away. The irony comes in when one considers the fact that, in the ancient world, "Asia" didn't refer to a whole continent, but to a mere peninsula--today's Anatolia. So while Europe was busy stretching the name of a single peninsula to fit an entire continent, Turkish invaders were doing the opposite: re-christening a peninsula with the name for "Central Asia". Bizarre!
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Post by Funk Monk on Feb 9, 2007 9:30:36 GMT -5
There's also the Turanid type, which is some sort of Caucasoid mixed with Mongoloid. Anyone know what the Caucasoid part is?
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Post by Mike the Jedi on Feb 9, 2007 13:25:50 GMT -5
I believe Coon thought it was Irano-Afghan.
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Post by atessalev on Feb 12, 2007 3:32:30 GMT -5
She does not look Turkish at all, to me anyway.
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