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Phenotype

Canarid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Canarid 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.

Canarid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Canarid 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).

Canarid phenotype historical center: 41.00, 12.00 — Southern Europe

Physical Characteristics

Fair skin, wavy reddish, brown or blonde hair. Mixed eyes. Tall, mesoskelic, ectomorph to mesomorph. Mesocephalic, chamae- orthocranic, relatively large-headed. Mildly leptorrhine. Face broad, sometimes a bit low, large jaw, significant supraorbital arches, occasional mild prognathy, occiput round. Body hair modest.

Historical Background

Maghrebi type with similarities to Cromagnids and North Europeans - probably in part a result of convergent evolution of pre-Neolithic North Africans adapting to cloudy mountain regions, and partially of prehistoric migrations from Europe. Historically in some areas of the Canary Islands, especially in Gomera, Tenerife (Guanches), and Gran Canaria, heavily mixed on the islands today. Also in Berbers (Riffians, Kabyles), Tunisians, and Western Libya (Giado, Nalut).

Source: Human Phenotypes — Canarid

References & Literature

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

  • Lundman, B. 1943. Jordens Människoraser och Folkstammar. Nybloms Förlag, Uppsala.
  • Lundman, B. 1951. Dunkelgemischte cromagnide Typen aus Dalarne, Schweden. Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Anthropologie. 43 (2), 222-226.
  • Hooton, E. A. 1925. The ancient inhabitants of the Canary Islands. Cambridge/Mass..
  • Coon, C.S.. 1939.. The Races of Europe. The Macmillan Company. New York.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
  • Peters, H. 1940. Haustier und Mensch in Libyen: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Nordafrika. Hohenlohesche Verlagsbuchhandlung. Oehringen.
  • Fischer, E. 1943. Rassenkundliche Probleme in Weißafrika. In: Beiträge zur Kolonialforschung. Tagungsband I, 130-139.
  • Schwidetzky, I. 1963. Die vorspanische Bevölkerung der Kanarischen Inseln; anthropologische Untersuchungen.Musterschmidt. Göttingen.
  • Briggs, L. C. 1955. The Stone Age Races of Northwest Africa. Peabody Mus. Bull. 18. Cambridge, USA.
  • 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.
  • Michalski, I. 1964. Remarks about the anthropological structure of Egypt, Publicatons of the joint arabic-polish anthropological expedition, 2. 209-238.
  • P11

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