"Livingstone, Stanley, and others were struck with the Egyptian features of many of the tribes of Africa, and this is true of many of the peoples between Central Africa and Egypt, so that some students have tried to invent a 'Hamitic' race to account for them—an entirely unnecessary hypothesis." See also Afroasiatic languages Generations of Noah Japhetites Semites References Bibliography Hamitic theory . . . Other . . . . External links A Theory You've Never Heard Of | Michael Robinson | TEDxUniversityofHartford, 9 November 2015. Afroasiatic peoples Ham (son of Noah) Historical definitions of race History of North Africa Horn of Africa Prehistoric Egypt Ancient Egyptian race controversy