it ic ) ▁branch , ▁the ▁Mediter rane an ▁" pro per " ▁branch ▁and ▁the ▁Nord ic ▁( dep ig ment ed ) ▁branch . ▁Ser gi ▁maintained ▁in ▁summary ▁that ▁the ▁Mediter rane an ▁race ▁( ex cluding ▁the ▁dep ig ment ed ▁Nord ic ▁or ▁' white ') ▁is : ▁" a ▁brown ▁human ▁variety , ▁neither ▁white ▁nor ▁Neg roid , ▁but ▁pure ▁in ▁its ▁elements , ▁that ▁is ▁to ▁say ▁not ▁a ▁product ▁of ▁the ▁mixture ▁of ▁Wh ites ▁with ▁Neg ro es ▁or ▁Neg roid ▁pe op les ". ▁G raft on ▁Elli ot ▁Smith ▁modified ▁the ▁theory ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 , ▁stating ▁that ▁the ▁ancient ▁Egypt ians ▁were ▁a ▁dark ▁ha ired ▁" b rown ▁race ", ▁ ▁most ▁closely ▁" link ed ▁by ▁the ▁closest ▁b onds ▁of ▁ra cial ▁aff inity ▁to ▁the ▁Early ▁Ne ol ith ic ▁populations ▁of ▁the ▁North ▁African ▁litt oral ▁and ▁South ▁Europe ", ▁and ▁not ▁Neg roid . ▁Smith ' s ▁" b rown ▁race " ▁is ▁not ▁syn onymous ▁or ▁equivalent ▁with ▁Ser gi ' s ▁Mediter rane an ▁race . ▁ ▁The ▁Ham it ic ▁Hyp oth esis ▁was ▁still ▁popular ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁late ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁and ▁was ▁supported ▁not ably ▁by ▁Anthony ▁John ▁Ark ell ▁and ▁George ▁Peter ▁Mur d ock . ▁ ▁Tur an id ▁race ▁hypothesis ▁The ▁Egypt ologist ▁Samuel ▁Sh ar pe ▁( 1 8 4 6 )