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Phenotype

Middle Nile Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Middle Nile 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.

Middle Nile phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Middle Nile 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).

Middle Nile phenotype historical center: 8.00, -5.00 — West Africa

Physical Characteristics

Medium to dark brown skin, relatively fair for the region - a result of Orientalid admixture. Curly to kinky black hair. Rather tall, brachyskelic, variable body type. Dolicho- mesocephalic, orthocranic. Meso- platyrrhine. Overall features appear soft.

Historical Background

The Middle Nile type is a contact type of the Nile Valley located in Northern Sudan. Features are variable, although North African, West Asian, and Sub-Saharan elements have a long history of contact in the region. In difference to the North Ethiopid Nubians of the region, it is characterised by a combination of Sudanid and Orientalid. Most common from Khartoum to Kosti and west to El Obeid, also in Kababish, Sudanese Arabs, and even Baqquara.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Middle Nile

References & Literature

The Middle Nile 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. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
  • Keane, A. H, Hingston Quiggin, A. and A.C. Haddon . 1920. Man, past and present. Cambridge University Press.
  • Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
  • Seligman, C. G. 1918. The Kababish. Harvard Afr. Studies 2.
  • Tay, J. S. and N. Saha. 1988. Genetic heterogeneity among the Negroid and Arab tribes of the Sudan. American Journal of Physcial Anthropology 76, 2. 211-215.

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