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Phenotype

North Andid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The North Andid 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.

North Andid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The North Andid phenotype is native to South America. 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: -15.00°, -60.00° (latitude, longitude).

North Andid phenotype historical center: -15.00, -60.00 — South America

Physical Characteristics

Medium, sometimes dark olive-brown skin with straight, sometimes wavy hair. Short, mesoskelic, endomorph to mesomorph with a large thorax, an adaption to the high altitude. Meso- brachycephalic, hypsicranic, rather small-headed. Mildly leptorrhine, long and often hooked nose that may appear Orientaliform. Large and long face with marked features, especially in men, often giving a serious expression. Chin relatively prominent, forehead receding. Eyes mildly slanted.

Historical Background

The most important and numerous Andid subvariety, adapted to the high altitudes of the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Andes. Typified by Quechua. The dominant element in the ancient Inca Empire – the largest in pre-Columbian America. Still the most numerous Native American type even today with more than 10 million individuals.

Source: Human Phenotypes — North Andid

References & Literature

The North Andid 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.
  • Drexel, A. 1955. Die Völker der Erde. 2nd Ed. Akademie Verlag. Zürich.
  • Ferris, H. B. 1916. The Indians of Cuzco and the Apurimac. Mem. Amer. Anthr. Assoc. 3, 57-148.
  • Canals Frau, S. 1950. Prehistoria de América. Editorial Sudamericana. Buenos Aires.
  • Lundman, B. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart
  • Knussmann, R. 1996. Vergleichende Biologie des Menschen: Lehrbuch der Anthropologie und Humangenetik. 2ed. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
  • Imbelloni, J. 1952. Rassentypen und Biodynamik von Amerika. In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 188-203.
  • Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
  • Lundman, B. 1943. Jordens Människoraser och Folkstammar. Nybloms Förlag, Uppsala.

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