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Phenotype

Pampid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Pampid 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.

Pampid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Pampid 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).

Pampid phenotype historical center: -15.00, -60.00 — South America

Physical Characteristics

Olive medium brown skin with straight and black rarely wavy hair. Medium height to tall, brachy- mesoskelic, mesomorph to endomorph. Mesocephalic or mildly brachycephalic, mildly hypsicranic. Weakly leptorrhine, high and straight nose. Facial features more gracile and longer compared to other Patagonids, skull and stature shorter. Lips are full, body hair weak, eyes slanting.

Historical Background

Slightly gracilised Patagonid variety, native to the vast plains of the Argentinian Chaco and Pampa. Sometimes mixed with Amazonid elements. Typical groups include the Chorote, Chané, Mataco, Kadiweu, Pilagá, Toba, Wichí, Mocoví, Abipón, and the extinct Charrúa of Uruguay. Mixed with Andid in Puelche. Today still important in the Paraguayan Mestizo population.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Pampid

References & Literature

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

  • 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.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
  • Imbelloni, J. 1958. Nouveaux apports à la classification de l'homme américain. Miscellanea P. Rivet octogenario dicata. Mexico.
  • Kunter, M. 1987. Population and racial history of Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. In: Schwidetzky, I. Rassengeschischte des Menschheit 12.
  • Coon, C. S., Garn, S. M. and Birdsell, J. B. 1950. Races: a Study of Race formation in Man. Charles C. Thomas. Springfield.
  • Knussmann, R. 1996. Vergleichende Biologie des Menschen: Lehrbuch der Anthropologie und Humangenetik. 2ed. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.

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