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Phenotype

Micronesid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Micronesid 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.

Micronesid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Micronesid phenotype is native to Polynesia. 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: -15.00°, -140.00° (latitude, longitude).

Micronesid phenotype historical center: -15.00, -140.00 — Polynesia

Physical Characteristics

Coppery medium brown skin with straight to wavy, sometimes curly brown-black hair. Rather short, mesoskelic, endomorph. Dolicho- mesocephalic, hypsicranic with a mesorrhine, sometimes bulbous nose. Face relatively flat, sometimes fleshy. Lips rather thick. Eyes tend to be narrow, often slanting.

Historical Background

Northwestern Polynesid subtype. Combines Nesiotid elements with Proto Malayid and some Melanesid influence. Typically found on the islands of Micronesia, Guam, and more mixed in Palau, Mariana, and other islands. Associated with Chuukese, Pohnpeian, Kosraean, Yapese, Chamorro, Palauans, and related people.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Micronesid

References & Literature

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

  • Desmoulins, A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des races humaines du Nord-Est de l'Europe, de l'Asie Coréale et orientale et de l'Afrique australe. Paris.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1937. Geschichte der anthropologischen Namengebung und Klassifikation. In: Zeitschrift für Rassenkunde. Band 5, 209-282, Band 6, 36-96, 151-210.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1952. Biodynamik der Europiden. In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 115-134.
  • Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
  • Lundman, B. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart

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