Litorid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

Average Face

The Litorid 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 Litorid phenotype is native to Middle East. 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: 29.00°, 45.00° (latitude, longitude).

Physical Characteristics

Light brown skin. Straight to curly, brown or black hair. Dark eyes. Rather tall, ecto- to endomorph, meso-, sometimes macroskelic. Mesocephalic, mildly hypsicranic, slightly flattened occiput. Nose hyperleptorrhine, often convex, prominent. Face is oval, body hair strong.

Historical Background

Type of coastal European regions that contains Mediterranid and Dinaro-Armenid elements. Probably the result of ancient migrations from Asia Minor across the sea. Found from Lebanon and Southern Turkey to Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Spain, France (Brittany, Gironde), partially British Isles (western and southern coasts, Wales, Scotland), Netherlands, Frisia, sometimes even Scandinavia and Poland.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Litorid

References & Literature

The Litorid 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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• Montandon, G. 1933. La race, les races: mise au point d éthnologie somatique. Payot. Paris.
• Saller, K. 1949. Art- und Rassenlehre des Menschen. Curt E. Schwab. Stuttgart.
• Vallois, H. V. 1971. Las races humaines. 8 Ed. Grammont.
• Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
• Coon, C.S.. 1939.. The Races of Europe. The Macmillan Company. New York.
• Czekanowski, J. 1929. Das Typenfrequenzgesetz. Anthropologischer Anzeiger 5 (4), 335-359.
• Lundman, B. 1952. Umriss der Rassenkunde des Menschen in geschichtlicher Zeit. Ejnar Munksgaard. Kopenhagen.
• Lundman, B. 1957. The Problem of Ancient Oriental Shipping on the North Sea. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 16, II. 105-117.
• Lundman, B. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart
• Hooton, E. A., Dupertuis, C. W. and H. L. Dawson. 1955. The Physical Anthropology of Ireland. Harvard University.
• Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.

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