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Paleo Sardinian Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Paleo Sardinian 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.

Paleo Sardinian phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Paleo Sardinian phenotype is native to Southern 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: 41.00°, 12.00° (latitude, longitude).

Paleo Sardinian phenotype historical center: 41.00, 12.00 — Southern Europe

Physical Characteristics

Light brown skin, straight to wavy dark, abundant hair. Short, meso- to endomorph, mesoskelic. Chamae- orthocranic, dolichocephalic, rather small-headed. Short, frequently concave, mildly leptorrhine or mesorrhine nose with a depressed bridge. Features coarse, hardly reduced. Face wide and low, significant supraorbital arches, forehead and hairline low, deep-set eyes, prognathy mild, jaw size modest.

Historical Background

Ancient type, was widespread in Central Europe during the Neolithic, has survived as a minority element in the mountains of the Italian island of Sardinia. Morphologically similar to Berberid, although significantly gracilised and genetically different. Both show a Paleo Mediterranean state. Similar traces exist in Perigord (France), Aegean islands, Eastern Sicily, Southern Calabria, and Southern Turkey.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Paleo Sardinian

References & Literature

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

  • Cipriani, L. 1934. Appunti antropologici sulla Sardegna. L'Universo 15, Florence.
  • 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.
  • Hanscher P. and I. Schmitz. 1976. Gibt es einen paläosardischen Typus? Homo 27. 205-210.
  • Vonderach, A. 2008. Anthropologie Europas. Völker, Typen und Gene vom Neandertaler bis zur Gegenwart. Ares Verlag. Graz.
  • Lundman, B. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart
  • Lundman, B. 1988. Jordens folkstammar. Huddinge.
  • Lundman, B. 1952b. Die heutigen Menschen Europas. In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 135-146.
  • Fischer, E. 1943. Rassenkundliche Probleme in Weißafrika. In: Beiträge zur Kolonialforschung. Tagungsband I, 130-139.
  • Calò, C. M, Melis, A., Vona, G. and I. S. Piras. 2008. Sardinian Population (Italy): a Genetic Review. Int. J. Mod. Antrhop. 1-121.

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