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Phenotype

Athabaskid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Athabaskid 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.

Athabaskid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Athabaskid 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).

Athabaskid phenotype historical center: 45.00, -100.00 — North America

Physical Characteristics

Light yellowish-brown skin, straight, sometimes wavy dark brown, occasionally lighter hair. Medium height, mesoskelic, endomorph, sometimes mesomorph with long arms. Meso- brachycephalic, orthocranic. Leptorrhine, pronounced, usually straight nose. Face not as angular as in more southern varieties. Jaw massive, cheek bones weak, body hair moderate, slanted eyes common.

Historical Background

Northern Pacifid variety, heavily influenced by Sibirid and Eskimid admixture. Developed by relatively late migrations from Asia some millennia ago that swept into Proto Pacifid populations. Typical from Alaska to the Canadian states of Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and British Columbia. Common in Athabaskan speakers like Ahtna, Carrier Chilcotin, Dogrib, Sacree, Tanana, Telah, Tutchone, and others. Eskimid-admixed in Chipewyan and Gwich'in.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Athabaskid

References & Literature

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

  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
  • Hrdlicka, A. 1930. Anthropological Survey in Alaska. Ann. Report Bur. Am. Ethnol. 46. 19-374.
  • Drexel, A. 1955. Die Völker der Erde. 2nd Ed. Akademie Verlag. Zürich.
  • 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
  • Arnaiz-Villena et al. 2010. The Origin of Amerindians and the Peopling of the Americas According to HLA Genes. Curr Genomics 11(2): 103-114.

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