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Phenotype

Moorish Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Moorish 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.

Moorish phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Moorish phenotype is native to Southern Europe. 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: 41.00°, 12.00° (latitude, longitude).

Moorish phenotype historical center: 41.00, 12.00 — Southern Europe

Physical Characteristics

Bronze brown skin, wavy to tight-curly hair. Medium height, mildly brachyskelic, mesomorph to ectomorph. Dolichocephalic, orthocranic, and relatively low faced. The nose is pointed and of variable width, often mildly leptorrhine. Lips are thick. Not stabilised with variable features.

Historical Background

Relatively recent contact type of the Western Sahara. Probably formed during Antiquity when aboriginal Berber populations mixed with older West Ethiopid elements. Today most common in Mauritania. Also found in Morocco, especially in coastal cities, Senegal, Mali, and Niger. Typified by the Moors, although the term has been applied to different populations as well. Also in Nemadi, occasionally in Tuareg or Fulani.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Moorish

References & Literature

The Moorish 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. 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.
  • Baker, J.R.. 1981. Race. Oxford Univ. Press. London.
  • Pales, L. and T. de St-Péreuse. 1953. Raciologie comparative des populations de l'Afrique occidentale.Bull. et Mém. de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris X. 185-497.
  • 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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