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Phenotype

Berberid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Berberid 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.

Berberid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Berberid phenotype is native to Southern Europe. 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: 41.00°, 12.00° (latitude, longitude).

Berberid phenotype historical center: 41.00, 12.00 — Southern Europe

Physical Characteristics

Light to medium brown skin, curly-wavy, brown to black hair. Rather short, mesoskelic, meso- to endomorph. Dolichocephalic, chamae- orthocranic. Mildly leptorrhine, sometimes mesorrhine nose, often with a depressed bridge. Face coarse and wide, significant zygomatic arches, interorbital distance great. Sometimes slanting / pseudo-Mongoloid eyes. Jaw heavy and angular, arches marked.

Historical Background

A Proto Atlanto Mediterranean type, originally named after Berbers and the North African Barbary. Associated with Paleolithic types that once migrated from West Asia. Present in modern Berbers like Riffians, Kabyles, Shilha, Chaoui, also other North Africans, e.g. Tuareg (Imrads) and Natives of the Canary Islands. A minority type in other parts of Europe (esp. South Iberia, Perigord) and Turkey.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Berberid

References & Literature

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

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  • Lundman, B. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart
  • Lundman, B. 1988. Jordens folkstammar. Huddinge.
  • Paudler, F. 1917. Cro-Magnon-Studien. Eine geschichtliche und programmatische Skizze. Anthropos 12/13 (3/4). 641-694.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1943. Völkerbiologische Probleme der Sahara. In: Beiträge zur Kolonialforschung. Tagungsband I, 169-240.
  • Eickstedt, E. von 1951. Die Träger der Afrikanischen Kulturen. In: Bernatzik, H. Afrika. Handbuch der angewandten Völkerkunde. F. Bruckmann. München.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1952b. Die prioritätsgerechten Bezeichnungen der menschlichen Varitäten. In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 223-226.
  • Peters, H. 1940. Haustier und Mensch in Libyen: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Nordafrika. Hohenlohesche Verlagsbuchhandlung. Oehringen.
  • Heberer, G., G. Kurth and I. Schwidetzky. 1969. Anthropologie. Das Fischer Lexikon.
  • Knussmann, R. 1996. Vergleichende Biologie des Menschen: Lehrbuch der Anthropologie und Humangenetik. 2ed. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
  • Pace, G. B., Sergi, S and G. Caputo. 1951. Scavi Sahariani. Ricerche nell'Uadi el-Agial e nell'Oasi di Gat. Monumenti. Antichi 41. Ac. Naz. dei Lincei. Rome.
  • Briggs, L. C. 1955. The Stone Age Races of Northwest Africa. Peabody Mus. Bull. 18. Cambridge, USA.
  • Coon, C.S.. 1939.. The Races of Europe. The Macmillan Company. New York.
  • Cole, S. 1965. Races of Man. Butler & Tanner Ltd. Frome and London.

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