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Phenotype

Savolaxid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Savolaxid 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.

Savolaxid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Savolaxid phenotype is native to North 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: 26.00°, 17.00° (latitude, longitude).

Savolaxid phenotype historical center: 26.00, 17.00 — North Africa

Physical Characteristics

Pale to fair skin, straight, dirty blonde or brown hair, often light eyes. Medium height, mildly macroskelic, endomorph. Mildly brachycephalic, mildly hypsicranic. Prominent malars and relatively flat, wide face, short jaw. Mildly leptorrhine, concave, snub-nose. Forehead low, sloping. Sometimes slanted eyes. Compared to Tavastid, shorter, narrower- and smaller-headed, and flatter-faced.

Historical Background

East Baltid variety, named after the Savolaxia province of Finland, similar to Neo Danubian. Core population in Eastern Finland, Karelia, and Northern Russia, also Lappland. Occasionally found all over Scandinavia and in Eastern Europe south to the Carpathian Mountains. In Norway and Southern Sweden, the type is the result of relatively recent Finnish immigration.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Savolaxid

References & Literature

The Savolaxid 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. 1940. Nordens rastyper : geografi och historia. Albert Bonnier. Stockholm.
  • Lundman, B. 1946. Nutidens Människoraser. A-B. Lundequistka Bokhandeln. Uppsala.
  • Lundman, B.J.. 1977. The Races And Peoples Of Europe. IAAEE. New York.
  • Bunak, V. V. 1976. Rassengeschichte Osteuropas. In: Schwidetzky, I.: Rassengeschichte der Menschheit, Ost- und Nordeuropa. R. Odenbourg. München. Wien.
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  • Coon, C.S.. 1939.. The Races of Europe. The Macmillan Company. New York.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
  • Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.

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