Eurafricanid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

Average Face

The Eurafricanid 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 Eurafricanid 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).

Physical Characteristics

Light brown skin, straight to curly, usually dark brown hair. (Rather) tall, ecto- to mesomorph, brachy- mesoskelic. Dolichocephalic, mildly hypsicranic with a straight, sometimes depressed and leptorrhine nose. Face coarse and long, deep set eyes, cheekbones often wide. Significant brow ridges, mild prognathy common.

Historical Background

Atlanto Mediterranid proper type. Relatively old, present in early Natufians and European as well as North African megalith builders. Spread across the Mediterranean since the Mesolithic until Antiquity. Today common in Portugal, Eastern Spain (e.g. Valencia), Liguria, Western Switzerland, Wales, Croatia, North Algeria, Morocco, and Canary Islands. In Mesopotamia more diluted and transitional to Proto Iranid.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Eurafricanid

References & Literature

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

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• Haddon, A.C.. 1925. The Races of Man and their distribution. Cambridge at the University Press. London.
• Sergi, G.. 1901. The Mediterranean Race: a study of the origin of the European peoples. London.
• Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
• Škerlj, B. 1936. Rasna slika Jugoslavije. Geografski vestnik: casopis za geografijo in sorodne vede 12-13. 156-169.
• Coon, C.S.. 1939.. The Races of Europe. The Macmillan Company. New York.
• Hooton, E.A. 1946. Up from the Ape. Rev. ed. Macmillan Company . New York.
• Cole, S. 1965. Races of Man. Butler & Tanner Ltd. Frome and London.
• Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
• Eickstedt, E. von 1951. Die Träger der Afrikanischen Kulturen. In: Bernatzik, H. Afrika. Handbuch der angewandten Völkerkunde. F. Bruckmann. München.
• Alcobé, S. 1936. Die Eurafrikaniden und die Rassengliederung der Iberischen Halbinsel. Zeitschrift für Rassenkunde. Band 3, 30-76.
• Ara, M. F. 1957. Estudio antropologico de los pobladores neo-eneoliticos de la region Valenciana. Valenica.
• Knussmann, R. 1996. Vergleichende Biologie des Menschen: Lehrbuch der Anthropologie und Humangenetik. 2ed. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.

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