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Phenotype

Changkiangid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Changkiangid 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.

Changkiangid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Changkiangid phenotype is native to East Asia. 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: 35.00°, 110.00° (latitude, longitude).

Changkiangid phenotype historical center: 35.00, 110.00 — East Asia

Physical Characteristics

Light to brownish yellow, sometimes fair skin with coarse straight hair. Medium height, sometimes rather short, macroskelic, ectomorph. Mesocephalic, rarely brachycephalic, mildly hypsicranic. Depressed, lepto- mesorrhine, somewhat flattened nose with a broad bridge. The face is oval, relatively flat, cheekbones rather prominent. Lips thin, epicanthic folds common, eyes almond-shaped, body hair scant.

Historical Background

Sinid subtype, named after the Chang Kiang (Yangtze) river in Central China. Today the most populous human variety in the world. Developed from the river and rice farmers in Central China. Typical in Kiangsu, Chekiang, Anhuei, Kiangsi, Hupei, Hunan, Szechuan, Kueichow, and Yunnan. Millennia of ancient colonisation and trading dispersed it across the Sunda Islands, Tibetan Plateau, and Indochina.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Changkiangid

References & Literature

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

  • Liu, C. H. 1937. A tentative classification of the races of China. Zeitschrift für Rassenkunde und ihre Nachbargebiete 6, 129-150.
  • Baker, J.R.. 1981. Race. Oxford Univ. Press. London.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1944. Rassendynamik von Ostasien. Walter de Gruyter. Berlin.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1952c. Rassentypen und Typendynamik von Asien In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 147-166.
  • Knussmann, R. 1996. Vergleichende Biologie des Menschen: Lehrbuch der Anthropologie und Humangenetik. 2ed. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
  • Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
  • Lundman, B. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart

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