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I just have photographs to go on. From them the Ainu don't appear much hairier than the Hell's Angels who used to pass me on the freeway in Oakland on their way to Sonny Barger's house. In fact, many of the H-A's were hairier (and much scarier!) than any of my Ainu photos!

Maybe the Ainu are descended from Esau. I'll never forget the sketch from Beyond the Fringe, I think by Jonathan Miller, that began: "And Esau was a hairy man..." It was very funny stuff.

I did the same Google as you JudyB1938, but as I mentioned earlier there appeared (to me) to be lots of myth mixed with fact. All the first-person descriptions I can find support the view I posted. Credible anthropologists writing about them say: "The Ainus -- or Hairy Ainus, as they came to be called for their thick and often wavy beards and abundant body hair -- represent a major anthropological enigma." That's for sure! Much science needs to be done but they're rapidly becoming extinct.

BTW, what people were referred to as living on the Murray River in South Australia? Certainly Australian aborigines, not Ainu.

"From them the Ainu don't appear much hairier than the Hell's Angels who used to pass me on the freeway in Oakland on their way to Sonny Barger's house. In fact, many of the H-A's were hairier (and much scarier!) than any of my Ainu photos! "

Yup. I lived in San Jose for years (I left in 1973). I remember those H.A. characters well.

No, BM, I didn't mean the Aussies weren't Ainu. I merely cited that article as an example that there's other people who have also been called the "most hairiest". I also cited it as perhaps a common denominator in the "hairy people" dispersals.

I laughed at that picture, Blam. Going bald certainly doesn't qualify as hairy. LOL But I still can't get where they say those people don't have slanted eyes. They look like "Asian Eyes" to me.

I also became amused at the link you sent. It's the same one that I used to back up what you said. That's funny.

BTW, I was at the feed store today. TheY have a tail and mane shampoo for horses. I was thinking it'd be good for all that hair on my St Bernard. The guy told me that his WIFE won't use anything else on her own hair and has turned others onto the trick. It's said to be especially good for "hairy people". (grin)