Aoshima Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

Average Face

The Aoshima 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.

Geographic Distribution

The Aoshima phenotype is native to East Asia. 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: 35.00°, 110.00° (latitude, longitude).

Physical Characteristics

Light brown skin, wavy to curly, mostly black hair. Short, mesoskelic, endo- sometimes mesomorph. Dolicho- mesocephalic, orthocranic, rather large-headed. Mesorrhine, prominent nose with a depressed root. Face wide and low with marked features, strong supraorbital arches, heavy jaw, and thick eye-brows. Body hair strong, differing significantly from surrounding populations. Forehead is sloping, prognathy mild.

Historical Background

Ainuid proper, the most ancient type of Japan. Resembles Paleolithic Japanese populations like the Jomon people. Probably a relict of an old group once widespread in Asia. Survived in the Ainu of Hokkaido until the 20th century. Today almost extinct due to admixture caused by centuries of Japanese assimilation policy. Occasionally in South Sakhalin, Kamchatka, Honshu, and the Kuril and Ryukyu islands.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Aoshima

References & Literature

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

• Matsumoto, H. 1921. Notes on the stone age people of Japan. American Anthropologist 23, 1.
• Hulse, F. S. 1943. Physical types among the Japanese. In: Coon, C. S. and J. M. Andrews. Studies in the Anthropology of OCeania and Asia. Papers of the Peabody Museum 20, 122-133.
• Eickstedt, E. von. 1944. Rassendynamik von Ostasien. Walter de Gruyter. Berlin.
• Eickstedt, E. von. 1952. Biodynamik der Europiden. In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 115-134.
• Montandon, G. 1927. Au Pays des Ainou, Paris.
• Koya, Y.. 1937.Rassenkunde der Aino. Japanische Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Foschungen.
• Cole, S. 1965. Races of Man. Butler & Tanner Ltd. Frome and London.
• Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
• Virchow, R. 1874. Die physische Anthropologie der Finnen. Verh. Berliner Ges. Anthr. Ethnol. Urg. VI. 185-189.
• Knussmann, R. 1996. Vergleichende Biologie des Menschen: Lehrbuch der Anthropologie und Humangenetik. 2ed. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
• Lundman, B. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart

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