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  2. Pre-modern conceptions of whiteness - Wikipedia

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    [62] [63] Athena is described as having blondish or brownish hair (xanthe (Ξανθή)) [64] and blue, green, or grey eyes. [65] [66] Contrarily male warriors like Odysseus were usually described as having brown or bronzed skin, unless attention was being brought to skin that was vulnerable to injury in battle.

  3. Race and appearance of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    [9]: 161, 194 Thus, in terms of physical appearance, the average Judean of the time would have likely had brown or black hair, honey/olive-brown skin, and brown eyes. Judean men of the time period were on average about 1.65 metres or 5 feet 5 inches in height.

  4. Unsolved mysteries: The missing persons cases haunting the ...

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    Distinguishing characteristics: White male, 5'10", 180 lbs., brown hair, blue eyes. Tribal tattoo on his right bicep. Wears glasses. Forty years old at the time of disappearance.

  5. Circassian beauty - Wikipedia

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    In parts of Europe and North America where blond hair was more common, the pairing of extremely white skin with very dark hair also present among some Circassians was exalted, even in Russia which was at war with the Circassians; Semyon Bronevskii exalted Circassian women for having light skin, dark brown hair, dark eyes and "the lineaments of ...

  6. Cheddar Man - Wikipedia

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    Analysis of his nuclear DNA indicates that he was a typical member of the Western European hunter-gatherer population at the time, with a most likely phenotype of blue-green eyes, dark brown or black hair, and dark or dark-to-black skin, with no genetic adaption for lactase persistence into adulthood. [4]

  7. Color terminology for race - Wikipedia

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    The physical appearance of each type is briefly described, including colour adjectives referring to skin and hair colour: rufus "red" and pilis nigris "black hair" for Americans, albus "white" and pilis flavescentibus "yellowish hair" for Europeans, luridus "yellowish, sallow", pilis nigricantibus "swarthy hair" for Asians, and niger "black ...

  8. Brown hair - Wikipedia

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    Brown hair, also referred to as brunette (when female), is the second-most common human hair color, after black hair. It varies from light brown to dark hair. It is characterized by higher levels of the dark pigment eumelanin and lower levels of the pale pigment pheomelanin .

  9. If you think you have blue or green eyes, they're actually brown

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    By Susana Victoria Perez, Buzz60 If you think you have blue eyes, think again, they are actually tricking you! All eyes are really brown. According to CNN, Dr. Gary Heiting, a licensed optometrist ...