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Phenotype

Planid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Planid 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.

Planid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Planid 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).

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

Physical Characteristics

Yellowish/reddish light brown skin, but the name "red skin" came from war paint. Straight, sometimes wavy, black hair. Tall, mesoskelic, mesomorph to endomorph. Mesocephalic, ortho- chamaecranic, large-headed. Leptorrhine, prominent, long, convex nose. Angular, flat face with prominent cheekbones. Jaw massive, mouth broad, eyes sometimes slanting.

Historical Background

Native American type, named after the Great Plains of North America. In pre-Colombian times concentrated in the Central Canadian forests from where it extended to the Mississippi. When Europeans reintroduced the horse to the continent, bison hunts enabled settlement of the Prairies. Today common in Siouan speakers (Dakota, Assiniboine, Lakota, Crow, etc.), Blackfoot, and Cheyenne. Mixed in Ojibwe, Apache, Dogrib, and others. Population still in the 100,000s.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Planid

References & Literature

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

  • Imbelloni, J. 1952. Rassentypen und Biodynamik von Amerika. In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 188-203.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1952. Biodynamik der Europiden. In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 115-134.
  • Czekanowski, J.. 1967. Cz owiek w czasie i przestrzenie. Pa stwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warsaw.
  • Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
  • Neumann, G.. 1952. Archeology and Race in the American Indian.13-34. In: Griffin, J. Archeology of Eastern United States. Chicago and London.
  • Neumann, G.. 1966. Racial History of the Indians. 505-518. In: Lindsey, A. Natural Features of Indiana. Indiana Sesquicentennial Vol., Indiana A. of Sci.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
  • Lundman, B. 1988. Jordens folkstammar. Huddinge.
  • Knussmann, R. 1996. Vergleichende Biologie des Menschen: Lehrbuch der Anthropologie und Humangenetik. 2ed. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.

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