Appalacid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

Average Face

The Appalacid 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 Appalacid phenotype is native to North America. 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: 45.00°, -100.00° (latitude, longitude).

Physical Characteristics

Light yellowish-brown skin, the name "red skin" came from war colouring. Straight or wavy black hair. Tall, mesoskelic, ectomorph to mesomorph. Dolicho- mesocephalic, mildly hypsicranic. Mildly leptorrhine, sometimes convex nose. Face oval, supraorbital arches marked, forehead sloping. Cheekbones weaker and face higher than in Planid.

Historical Background

Silvid subtype, native to the North American Atlantic forests, from the Great Lakes to the Appalachians. Shows some Europid traits, not only phenotypically, but also genetically. This could be due to early colonial admixture, or Proto Europid migrations across the Atlantic (Solutrean hypothesis) or the Bering Strait, the latter being the most likely. Common in East Algonquins and Iroquois, more mixed in Mi'kmaq, Cherokee, Cree, and others. Rare today in pure form.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Appalacid

References & Literature

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

• Hrdlicka, A. The Algokin and related Iroquois, Siouan, Caddoan, Salish and Sahaptin, Shoshonean and Californian Indians. Proc. US. Nat Mus. 69, 5. 1-127.
• Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
• Imbelloni, J. 1952. Rassentypen und Biodynamik von Amerika. In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 188-203.
• Czekanowski, J.. 1967. Cz owiek w czasie i przestrzenie. Pa stwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warsaw.
• Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
• Neumann, G.. 1952. Archeology and Race in the American Indian.13-34. In: Griffin, J. Archeology of Eastern United States. Chicago and London.
• Neumann, G.. 1966. Racial History of the Indians. 505-518. In: Lindsey, A. Natural Features of Indiana. Indiana Sesquicentennial Vol., Indiana A. of Sci.

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