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Phenotype

Libyid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Libyid 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.

Libyid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Libyid phenotype is native to North 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: 26.00°, 17.00° (latitude, longitude).

Libyid phenotype historical center: 26.00, 17.00 — North Africa

Physical Characteristics

Light brown skin, often wavy black hair. Rather tall, brachy- mesoskelic, ectomorph. Dolichocephalic, chamaecranic with a round occiput. Long face, dark eyes, big mouth, and an often convex, hyperleptorrhine and prominent nose. The interorbital distance is relatively small, features are much finer than in Berberid.

Historical Background

North African steppe type that is usually regarded as part of Orientalid. Although Arab invasions enhanced the Orientalid element in Africa during the 7th and 11th century, this type results from much earlier migrations and was already present in the ancient Libyan Garamantes. Still common across the steppes of Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, sometimes Algeria, occasionally in the Sahara and in Andalusia. Closely linked to Targid, which can be regarded as its desert variety.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Libyid

References & Literature

The Libyid 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.
  • Peters, H. 1940. Haustier und Mensch in Libyen: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Nordafrika. Hohenlohesche Verlagsbuchhandlung. Oehringen.
  • Dart, R. 1955. Three Strandloper from the Kaokoveld Coast. S. Afr. J. Sci 51. 175-179.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1943. Völkerbiologische Probleme der Sahara. In: Beiträge zur Kolonialforschung. Tagungsband I, 169-240.
  • Alcobé y Noguer, S.. 1952. Die Biodynamik des Afrikanischen Kontinentes. In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 175-187.
  • Knussmann, R. 1996. Vergleichende Biologie des Menschen: Lehrbuch der Anthropologie und Humangenetik. 2ed. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.

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