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Phenotype

Malid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Malid 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.

Malid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Malid phenotype is native to West 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: 8.00°, -5.00° (latitude, longitude).

Malid phenotype historical center: 8.00, -5.00 — West Africa

Physical Characteristics

Brown-blackish skin, curly, sometimes wavy hair. Short, mesoskelic, endo- to ectomorph. Dolichocephalic, sometimes hyperdolichocephalic, orthocranic, very small-headed. Mildly platyrrhine, depressed nose. Face very low, wide and rhomboid with a receding, pointed chin, deep set eyes, and often thick lips. Mild prognathy.

Historical Background

Very ancient phenotype native to the mountains of South India, common in isolated groups of Kanikkaran, Kadar, and Paniya. Mixed with Melanids in the Irula, Yanadi, Chenchu, and sometimes even Tamils. The purest Veddoid type of all, and probably one of the oldest phenotypes in the world. Several authors have suggested that Malids are more ancient than Negritids. A few thousand individuals remain today, mostly in isolated forests.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Malid

References & Literature

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

  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1929. Anthropologische Forschungen in Südindien . In: Anthropologischer Anzeiger (6), 64-85.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1952c. Rassentypen und Typendynamik von Asien In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 147-166.
  • Drexel, A. 1955. Die Völker der Erde. 2nd Ed. Akademie Verlag. Zürich.
  • Lundman, B. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart
  • Lundman, B. 1988. Jordens folkstammar. Huddinge.
  • 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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