Indo Brachid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

Average Face

The Indo Brachid 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 Indo Brachid 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).

Physical Characteristics

Light to medium brown skin, straight or wavy hair. Medium height, mesoskelic, endomorph to ectomorph. Mildly brachycephalic, mildly hypsicranic with a flat occiput. Often convex, mildly leptorrhine nose. Face short. Overall similar to Indo Iranid, but less hairy, larger-headed, flatter-faced, higher-nosed, and shorter-statured, body hair scanter. Sometimes mildly slanting eyes and strong cheek bones.

Historical Background

Indo Brachid proper, relatively recent Indid-Turano-Armenid contact type, probably the result of old Pashto, Saka, and Scythian migrations. Common from Southwestern India to Afghanistan, especially Gujarati, Maharashtra, and Eastern Pakistan. Typical in Nagar Brahmin, Kayastha, Kannada, Jat and Mir-Jat, South Baluchistan, sometimes Baloch, sporadically Indochina and Sumatra. Romani brought it to Europe.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Indo Brachid

References & Literature

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

• Giuffrida-Ruggeri, V. 1912. Schema di Classificazione degli hominidae attuali. Arch. per l'A. e l'Etn. XLII.
• R17
• E341
• Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
• Bernhard, W. 1993. Anthropologie von Südwestasien. In.: Schwidetzky, I.: Rassengeschichte der Menschheit 14, Asien 4. Oldenbourg.
• Knussmann, R. 1996. Vergleichende Biologie des Menschen: Lehrbuch der Anthropologie und Humangenetik. 2ed. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
• Lundman, B. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart
• Giuffrida-Ruggeri, V. 1921. The first outlines of a Systematic Anthropology of Asia. Calcutta University Press.
• Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
• Vallois, H. V. 1971. Las races humaines. 8 Ed. Grammont.

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