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Phenotype

East Sudanid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The East Sudanid 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 Sudanid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The East Sudanid phenotype is native to West Africa. 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: 8.00°, -5.00° (latitude, longitude).

East Sudanid phenotype historical center: 8.00, -5.00 — West Africa

Physical Characteristics

Dark brown, sometimes black skin, usually kinky hair. Tall, long-legged and mesomorph. Mesocephalic, sometimes dolichocephalic, mildly hypsicranic. (Hyper-)platyrrhine nose. The face is large with relatively narrow eyelids and bulging lips. The frontoparietal region is flattened. Prognathy is moderate, body hair weak.

Historical Background

Isolated Sudanid variety of the Nuba mountains in Kurdufan / Sudan, native to the region at least since the Neolithic. Has resisted historic invasions of neighbouring types over a long time. However, even in isolated villages, Nilotid, Congolid, and Orientalid admixture is common. A minority type in Fur, Kresh, Yulu, Nara, Kunama, and even Southern Egyptians.

Source: Human Phenotypes — East Sudanid

References & Literature

The East Sudanid 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.
  • Struck, B. 1920. Somatische Typen und Sprachgruppen in Kordofan. Ein Beitrag zur Methodik der Typenanalyse. Ztschr. Ethnol. LII/LIII. 120-173.
  • Seligman, C.G. 1910b. The Physcial Characters of the Nuba of Kordofan. JRAI, xl.
  • Seligman, C.G. and B. Seligman. 1932. Pagan Tribes of the Nilotic Sudan. George Routledge & Sons Ltd. London

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