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Khoid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Khoid 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.

Khoid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Khoid 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).

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

Physical Characteristics

Yellowish, light brown skin, wrinkled in old age, peppercorn hair. Rather short, but taller than Sanid, meso- brachyskelic, ectomorph, but not infantile, women often show extreme steatopygia. Dolichocephalic, chamae- orthocranic with (hyper-)platyrrhine, depressed noses. Face rhomboid and long, chin pointed, eyes pseudo-Mongoloid, often with the Hottentot fold, prognathy only mild.

Historical Background

Khoisanid type, similar to Sanid, but with a slightly different morphology. Was more common in farmers and less common in hunter-gatherers compared to Sanids. Native to Namibia and South Africa, especially in Khoikhoi (Hottentots). Most groups like Cape Khoe and Korana became extinct due to Bantu and European colonisation, but the Nama are still numerous.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Khoid

References & Literature

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

  • Bory, de S.1825. Homme. Féruss. Bull. Sc. nat. Tom. VI.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1952b. Die prioritätsgerechten Bezeichnungen der menschlichen Varitäten. In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 223-226.
  • Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
  • 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.
  • Cole, S. 1965. Races of Man. Butler & Tanner Ltd. Frome and London.
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