Palaungid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

Average Face

The Palaungid 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 Palaungid phenotype is native to East Asia. 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: 35.00°, 110.00° (latitude, longitude).

Physical Characteristics

Yellowish-reddish light to medium brown skin with straight or wavy hair. Short, mesoskelic, often endomorph, sometimes ectomorph. Mildly brachycephalic, hypsicranic. Short, often depressed, mesorrhine nose. Infantile. Face round, low and wide with bulbous features, chin receding with a mild prognathy. Mongolian fold weak.

Historical Background

The proper Palaungid variety, typical for the Central Burmese hill tribes, also in Yunnan, Himalaya, South Tibet, Thailand, and parts of India. The name derives from the Palaung tribe (Burmese: "mountain people"). Older than Shanid, younger than Veddids. Typical in Palaung, Wa, Rian, Pa'O and related people. Mixed in Burmese, Karen, Kachin, Shan, Sri Lankans, Tai, South Chinese, Munda, Juang, and many more.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Palaungid

References & Literature

The Palaungid 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. 1928. Das Rassenbild des westlichen und zentralen Hinterindien. In: Anthropologischer Anzeiger (5), 176-187.
• Eickstedt, E. von. 1944. Rassendynamik von Ostasien. Walter de Gruyter. Berlin.
• Eickstedt, E. von. 1937. Geschichte der anthropologischen Namengebung und Klassifikation. In: Zeitschrift für Rassenkunde. Band 5, 209-282, Band 6, 36-96, 151-210.
• Montandon, G. 1933. La race, les races: mise au point d éthnologie somatique. Payot. Paris.
• Lundman, B. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart
• Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
• Knussmann, R. 1996. Vergleichende Biologie des Menschen: Lehrbuch der Anthropologie und Humangenetik. 2ed. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
• Ruffié J. and G, Olivier. 1966. Les Chinois du Sud et la race sud-mongole. Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient. 53(1).

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