[tied] Re: The indo european "race"

I think as follows:

Blond hair and very fair skin probably was a feature of the European
population between the Alpean territory is south and Scandinavia in
north.

I think that the IU tribes mixed with that population during their
migrations and brought those features southwords and northwords to
some extend.

Nowadays in seems to me that blod features are most common in
countries as the Netherlands, Denmark, North of Germany, Balticum and
South of Sweden.

In Norway where I live, blond features are most common in the south
and along the cost. Most Norwegians are neither blond nor dark-
haired, but ususally some mixture. In the north of Norway, dark-
haired people are very common.

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Michael J Smith <lookwhoscross-
eyednow@...> wrote:

> Yes there many examples:
>
> many of the Roman emperors were blond and fair. For example,
>
> Suetonius described Augustus' hair as "inclining to golden," and

Tiberius

> as being "of fair complexion."
>
> Suetonius also refers to Nero's hair as being "light blond."
>
> Also, regarding Lucius Verus:
> "Verus...took such pride in his yellow hair, it is said, that he

used to

> sift gold dust on his head in order that his hair, thus brightened,

might

> seem yellower." (Historia Augusta "Life of Verus" X.6).
>
> Herodian wrote of Commodus:
> "His hair was naturally fair and curly, and when he went out in the
> sunlight it gleamed with such brilliance that some people thought

gold

> dust was scattered on it before public appearances."
>
> Also, Domitian was described as blond-haired and Trajan as golden-

haired.

>