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Phenotype

Mundu Mangbeto Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Mundu Mangbeto 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.

Mundu Mangbeto phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Mundu Mangbeto phenotype is native to Sub-Saharan 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: 2.00°, 20.00° (latitude, longitude).

Mundu Mangbeto phenotype historical center: 2.00, 20.00 — Sub-Saharan Africa

Physical Characteristics

Dark, sometimes medium reddish-brown skin, kinky hair. (Rather) short, often brachyskelic with a variable body type. Mesocephalic, orthocranic. Nose meso- platyrrhine, often thinner than in neighbouring types, occasionally button-shaped. Eyes sometimes slanting.

Historical Background

Intermediate type of the Northeastern Congo forest. Unique in connecting elements of the tallest (Nilo-Hamitic) and shortest (Bambutid) phenotypes in the world with Congolesid. Especially found in the North-East of DR Congo and South Sudan, also in the Central African Republic and Uganda. Common in Mangbetu, Mundu, Lese, Medje, more mixed in Zande and some Central Sudanic speakers.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Mundu Mangbeto

References & Literature

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

  • 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
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
  • Baker, J.R.. 1981. Race. Oxford Univ. Press. London.

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