Botocudo Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

Average Face

The Botocudo 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 Botocudo 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).

Physical Characteristics

Yellowish/copperish light brown skin with straight or wavy hair. Short, often macroskelic, endomorph to ectomorph. Dolicho- mesocephalic, chamaecranic, large-headed with a lepto- mesorrhine, straight or low-rooted / concave nose. Face relatively low and small, only with weak supraorbital ridges. Sometimes mild prognathy. Cheekbones broad, jaw narrower than in the Lagoa Santa type.

Historical Background

Lagid subtype of the Mata Atlântica forests of Brazil, partially mixed with the Fuegid substratum (South Fuegids, Huarpids). Was the dominant type of the Botocudo (Aimoré) people that experienced a dramatic population decline after European colonisation. Today, the last Botocudo survive as the Krenak, who still number a few hundred.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Botocudo

References & Literature

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

• Ehrenreich, P. Über die Botocudos der brasilianischen Provinzen Espiritu santo und Minas Geraes. Zeitschr. für Ethnol. 19. 1-82.
• Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
• Lundman, B. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart
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• Imbelloni, J. 1952. Rassentypen und Biodynamik von Amerika. In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 188-203.
• Imbelloni, J. 1958. Nouveaux apports à la classification de l'homme américain. Miscellanea P. Rivet octogenario dicata. Mexico.
• Czekanowski, J.. 1967. Cz owiek w czasie i przestrzenie. Pa stwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warsaw.
• Kunter, M. 1987. Population and racial history of Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. In: Schwidetzky, I. Rassengeschischte des Menschheit 12.
• Giuffrida-Ruggeri. 1913. Distribuzione e origine dei gruppi umani dell'Africa nord-orientale. AAE. 43.

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