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Phenotype

East Alpinid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The East Alpinid 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.

East Alpinid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The East Alpinid phenotype is native to Central 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: 49.00°, 15.00° (latitude, longitude).

East Alpinid phenotype historical center: 49.00, 15.00 — Central Europe

Physical Characteristics

Light brown skin, straight or wavy, light brown to black hair. Medium height to rather tall, mesoskelic, endomorph. Brachycephalic, ortho- hypsicranic. Face is round, nose leptorrhine with a roundish tip, Mouth rather thin. The skin is slightly darker than in their European counterparts, the height slightly taller.

Historical Background

West Asian type that is anthropometrically and morphologically very similar to European Alpinids. Most common in the mountain zones of Anatolia, to Northern Syria and Iraq. Also found in West Iran, Caucasus, Palestine, and Lebanon. Extends in lower frequencies up to Tajikistan, across Arabia and to Southwestern Europe. The type can easily be confused with similar looking Turanid-admixed individuals.

Source: Human Phenotypes — East Alpinid

References & Literature

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

  • Schwidetzky, I. 1950. Turaniden-Studien. Verl. d. Akademie d. Wissenschaften u.d. Literatur.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1961. Türken, Kurden und Iraner seit dem Altertum: Probleme einer anthropologischen Reise. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart.
  • Coon, C.S.. 1939.. The Races of Europe. The Macmillan Company. New York.
  • Field, H. 1939. Contributions to the anthropology of Iran. Field Museum of National History, 29(1).
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  • Gloor, P. A. 1950/52. Recherches anthropologiques en Palestine méridonale. Arch. Suiss. Anthrop. Gén. 15, 107-142, 17, 1-17.
  • Lundman, B. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart

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