▁a ▁Jew , ▁or ▁a ▁Pho en ician ." ▁ ▁The ▁similar ▁Ham it ic ▁hypothesis , ▁which ▁developed ▁directly ▁from ▁the ▁A si atic ▁Race ▁Theory , ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁Eth iop id ▁and ▁Arab id ▁populations ▁of ▁the ▁Horn ▁of ▁Africa ▁were ▁the ▁invent ors ▁of ▁agricult ure ▁and ▁had ▁brought ▁all ▁civil ization ▁to ▁Africa , ▁and ▁assert ed ▁that ▁these ▁people ▁were ▁C au cas ians , ▁not ▁Neg roid . ▁It ▁also ▁rejected ▁any ▁Bib lic al ▁basis ▁despite ▁using ▁Ham it ic ▁as ▁the ▁theory ' s ▁name . ▁Charles ▁Gabriel ▁Sel ig man ▁in ▁his ▁Some ▁As pect s ▁of ▁the ▁Ham it ic ▁Problem ▁in ▁the ▁Ang lo - E gypt ian ▁Sud an ▁( 1 9 1 3 ) ▁and ▁later ▁works ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁ancient ▁Egypt ians ▁were ▁among ▁this ▁group ▁of ▁C au cas ian ▁Ham ites , ▁having ▁arrived ▁in ▁the ▁N ile ▁Valley ▁during ▁early ▁pre history ▁and ▁introduced ▁technology ▁and ▁agricult ure ▁to ▁primitive ▁n atives ▁they ▁found ▁there . ▁ ▁The ▁Italian ▁anth rop ologist ▁Giuseppe ▁Ser gi ▁( 1 9 0 1 ) ▁believed ▁that ▁ancient ▁Egypt ians ▁were ▁the ▁Eastern ▁African ▁( H am it ic ) ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁Mediter rane an ▁race , ▁which ▁he ▁called ▁" E ura fr ican ". ▁According ▁to ▁Ser gi , ▁the ▁Mediter rane an ▁race ▁or ▁" E ura fr ican " ▁contains ▁three ▁vari eties ▁or ▁sub - ra ces : ▁the ▁African ▁( H am