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Phenotype

Bororo Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Bororo 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.

Bororo phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Bororo phenotype is native to South 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: -15.00°, -60.00° (latitude, longitude).

Bororo phenotype historical center: -15.00, -60.00 — South America

Physical Characteristics

Olive medium brown skin with straight and black rarely wavy hair. Tall, mesoskelic, mesomorph. Brachycephalic, mildly hypsicranic. Mesorrhine, straight, and relatively high nose. Facial features are robust and angular with supraorbital ridges and very broad foreheads. Eyes slanting, lips full, body hair weak.

Historical Background

The northernmost Patagonid variety, often mixed with local Lagid elements, but with a variety of unique features. Native to the savannah and forest landscapes of West Bolivia and the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. Typified by the Bororo that include Umutina and others. More mixed in Bakairi, Nahukuá, and the groups of Gran Chaco. Population decreased dramatically since European contact, and only a few thousand remain.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Bororo

References & Literature

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

  • Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
  • Imbelloni, J. 1958. Nouveaux apports à la classification de l'homme américain. Miscellanea P. Rivet octogenario dicata. Mexico.
  • Ehrenreich, P. 1897 Anthropologische Studien über die Urbewohner Brasiliens. Braunschweig.

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