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Phenotype

Kalaharid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Kalaharid 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.

Kalaharid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Kalaharid phenotype is native to Sub-Saharan 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: 2.00°, 20.00° (latitude, longitude).

Kalaharid phenotype historical center: 2.00, 20.00 — Sub-Saharan Africa

Physical Characteristics

Yellowish/reddish medium brown skin, wrinkled in old age, peppercorn hair (&lt 15 mm). Short, meso- brachyskelic, very ectomorph. Very infantile, sometimes steatopygic. Dolicho- mesocephalic, chamaecranic, rather small-headed. Platyrrhine, depressed nose and a convex upper lip. Eyes pseudo-Mongoloid, prognathy very weak, penis sub-erect, body hair rather weak.

Historical Background

Sanid variety, native to the Kalahari. Very ancient and distinct, specialised desert type with many unique features. Typical for the Northern and Central Bushmen, e.g. the !Kung (e.g. Ju/'hoansi), Naro, Khwe, Amkoe, and related people. Has lived in the region many millennia before Bantu and European arrival. Several thousand typical individuals remain, threatened by loss of culture and displacement.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Kalaharid

References & Literature

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

  • Lundman, B. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
  • Baker, J.R.. 1981. Race. Oxford Univ. Press. London.
  • 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.
  • Cole, S. 1965. Races of Man. Butler & Tanner Ltd. Frome and London.
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