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Phenotype

Mountain Aralid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Mountain Aralid 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.

Mountain Aralid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Mountain Aralid phenotype is native to Siberia. 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: 60.00°, 100.00° (latitude, longitude).

Mountain Aralid phenotype historical center: 60.00, 100.00 — Siberia

Physical Characteristics

Light brown skin, straight, often black, sometimes light hair, and dark, sometimes mixed eyes. Medium height, macroskelic, endomorph. Mildly leptorrhine nose. Brachycephalic, chamae- orthocranic. Cheekbones very prominent, face broad, forehead often sloping. Epicanthus as strong as in Gobid, but face more profiled and body hair stronger.

Historical Background

Tungid variety, weakly influenced by Turanid. Usually united with Aralid, but more Mongoloid. Native to the Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan and Western China. Particularly common among Kyrgyz. Sporadically in Kazakhs, Yakuts, Uyghurs, Mongols, and related groups.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Mountain Aralid

References & Literature

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

  • Oshanin, L. V. 1964. Anthropological Composition of the Population of Central Asia, and the ethnogenesis of its Peoples. Vol 1-3.
  • Alexeev, V. P. 1979. The Differential Geography of Races. In: Stini, W. A. Physiological and Morphological Adaptation and Evolution. De Gruyter.
  • Levin, M. G. 1963. Ethnic origins of the people of Northeastern Asia. Arctic Inst. North America, Anthropology of the North. Translations from Russian sources 3. Toronto.
  • Aleksejev, V. 1974. 50 Years of Studies in Anthropological Composition of Population in the UDSSR. In: Bromley, Y. Soviet Ethnology and Anthropology Today. Mouton & Co.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
  • Schwidetzky, I. 1950. Turaniden-Studien. Verl. d. Akademie d. Wissenschaften u.d. Literatur.
  • 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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