Norid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

Average Face

The Norid 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.

Geographic Distribution

The Norid phenotype is native to Southeastern 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: 42.00°, 22.00° (latitude, longitude).

Physical Characteristics

Pale to fair skin. Straight or wavy, (ash) blonde, occasionally red hair, light mixed, often blue or grey eyes. (Rather) tall, mesoskelic, often mesomorph. Brachycephalic, mildly hypsicranic with a flattened occiput. Nose long, hyperleptorrhine, often convex. Facial features bony. Chin sturdy, but round. Forehead broad and high.

Historical Background

Central European type that closely resembles Dinarids except for lighter pigmentation. Authors interpret this to be the result of Nordid and other (e.g. East Europid) admixture. The name derives from the Roman province of "Noricum" in today's Austria. Common in Austria, Slovakia, Southern and Eastern Germany, Northern France, Northern Albania, also Northern Italy, Bosna, Serbia, Western Ukraine, and the Carpathian Mountains, sometimes Greece, Russia, and other regions.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Norid

References & Literature

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

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• Montandon, G. 1933. La race, les races: mise au point d éthnologie somatique. Payot. Paris.
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• Škerlj, B. 1936. Rasna slika Jugoslavije. Geografski vestnik: casopis za geografijo in sorodne vede 12-13. 156-169.
• Coon, C.S.. 1939.. The Races of Europe. The Macmillan Company. New York.
• Vallois, H. V. 1943. Anthropologie de la population française. 4th Ed. Didier.
• Dart, R. 1955. Three Strandloper from the Kaokoveld Coast. S. Afr. J. Sci 51. 175-179.
• Schwidetzky, I.. 1974. Grundlagen der Rassensystematik. B.I.-Wissenschaftsverlag. Mannheim.
• Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
• Vonderach, A. 2008. Anthropologie Europas. Völker, Typen und Gene vom Neandertaler bis zur Gegenwart. Ares Verlag. Graz.
• Stolyhwo, K. 1924. Analyse des types anthropologiques. Inst. Nauk. Anthrop. Warsaw. Swiatowit XII. 1-96.

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