Patagonid (proper) Phenotype - Face Features & Origin
The Patagonid (proper) phenotype is a south america human phenotype documented in historical anthropology literature. This page presents the Patagonid (proper) phenotype average face composite, its geographic distribution, physical characteristics, historical background, and academic references.
Average Face
The Patagonid (proper) 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 Patagonid (proper) 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).
Physical Characteristics
Olive light brown skin, straight black, rarely wavy hair. (Very) tall, brachy- mesoskelic, meso- to endomorph with the largest body mass worldwide. Brachycephalic, sometimes mesocephalic, mildly hypsicranic, very large-headed. High, leptorrhine, straight, sometimes convex nose. Faces large and rather with strong zygomatic arches. Chin sturdy, mouth wide, lips relatively full, eyes slanting.
Historical Background
The most characteristic variety of the Patagonid group. Once dominated the cool grasslands of Patagonia. Was pushed back by Mapuche as well as Europeans. Probably had some very tall and massive subvarieties (the extinct Tiremenen). Today only found in some Tehuelche, often mixed. Slightly Fuegid-admixed in Selknam, whose last full-blooded member died in the 1970s.
References & Literature
The Patagonid (proper) phenotype entry above is compiled from the following academic references. Readers are encouraged to consult the original sources for verification and deeper context.
- Whittall, A. 2013. Monsters of Patagonia. Zagier & Urruty Pubns.
- Verneau, R. 1903. Les anciens Patagons; contribution a` l'e´tude des races pre´colombiennes de l'Ame´rique du Sud. Monaco.
- 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. 1937. Geschichte der anthropologischen Namengebung und Klassifikation. In: Zeitschrift für Rassenkunde. Band 5, 209-282, Band 6, 36-96, 151-210.
- Knussmann, R. 1996. Vergleichende Biologie des Menschen: Lehrbuch der Anthropologie und Humangenetik. 2ed. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
- 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.
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