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Phenotype

Saharan Ethiopid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Saharan Ethiopid 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.

Saharan Ethiopid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Saharan Ethiopid phenotype is native to West Africa. 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: 8.00°, -5.00° (latitude, longitude).

Saharan Ethiopid phenotype historical center: 8.00, -5.00 — West Africa

Physical Characteristics

Reddish brown-black skin, tight-curly hair. Rather tall, brachyskelic, ectomorph. Dolicho- mesocephalic, mildly hypsicranic. Nose mesorrhine, slightly depressed with a relatively high back. Face is broad and low with angular features. Eyelid openings are usually narrow.

Historical Background

Ethiopid type that was more common during the Neolithic when the Sahara was still green. Today it extends from Chad to Niger, Northern Nigeria and even Cameroon. Found in its purest form in the Toubou of the Tibesti mountains in Northern Chad. More mixed in Hausa, Iravellans of the Tuareg, Kanembu, Buduma, Zande, Fur, even Eton.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Saharan Ethiopid

References & Literature

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

  • Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
  • Baumann, H.. 1952. Die Rassen Afrikas. In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 167-174.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1943. Völkerbiologische Probleme der Sahara. In: Beiträge zur Kolonialforschung. Tagungsband I, 169-240.
  • Knussmann, R. 1996. Vergleichende Biologie des Menschen: Lehrbuch der Anthropologie und Humangenetik. 2ed. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
  • Noel, P.. 1920. Etude éthnographoque et anthropologique sur les Tédas. L'Anthr. XXX. 115-133.
  • Lundman, B. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart

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