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Phenotype

Anatolid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

The Anatolid phenotype is a middle east human phenotype documented in historical anthropology literature. This page presents the Anatolid phenotype average face composite, its geographic distribution, physical characteristics, historical background, and academic references.

Average Face

The Anatolid phenotype average face is a composite synthesized from multiple individual photographs by historical anthropologists. It represents a statistical impression of recurring facial features, not a real person.

Anatolid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Anatolid phenotype is native to Middle East. The historical distribution below reflects approximate centers of prevalence documented roughly 1500 years ago; modern borders and population movements have since blurred these boundaries.

Approximate coordinates: 29.00°, 45.00° (latitude, longitude).

Anatolid phenotype historical center: 29.00, 45.00 — Middle East

Physical Characteristics

Light brown skin, wavy, dark brown hair. Medium height, mesoskelic, ectomorph to endomorph. Brachycephalic and hypsicranic. Facial features and body proportions are finer than in Dinarids and Armenids. The (hyper)leptorrhine nose is not fleshy, but hooked, the occiput is mildly flattened. Eyebrows and body hair usually heavy.

Historical Background

Armenid subtype of Anatolia with Dinaroid features. The core population lives in West Anatolia. Probably the result of Armenid influx into a Mediterranid population. Anatolids are the dominant element in Turkey today, but may also be found among Alawites, Lebanese, Greeks, in the Balkans, Crimea, among Caucasians, and sometimes even Iran.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Anatolid

References & Literature

The Anatolid phenotype entry above is compiled from the following academic references. Readers are encouraged to consult the original sources for verification and deeper context.

  • Petersen, E. and F v. Luschan. 1889. Reisen in Lykien. Milyas und Kibyratis. Wien.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1961. Türken, Kurden und Iraner seit dem Altertum: Probleme einer anthropologischen Reise. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart.
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  • Bernhard, W. 1993. Anthropologie von Südwestasien. In.: Schwidetzky, I.: Rassengeschichte der Menschheit 14, Asien 4. Oldenbourg.
  • Knussmann, R. 1996. Vergleichende Biologie des Menschen: Lehrbuch der Anthropologie und Humangenetik. 2ed. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
  • Coon, C.S.. 1939.. The Races of Europe. The Macmillan Company. New York.

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