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Phenotype

Senegalid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Senegalid 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.

Senegalid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Senegalid 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).

Senegalid phenotype historical center: 8.00, -5.00 — West Africa

Physical Characteristics

Black skin, even darker than other Sudanids. Often kinky, sometimes tight-curly hair. Tall, (hyper-)brachyskelic, ectomorph to mesomorph. Dolichocephalic, orthocranic with more gracile facial features than other Sudanids, narrower and smaller faces. (Mildly) platyrrhine nose. The hands are big, body hair extremely weak. Prognathy pronounced.

Historical Background

Gracile Sudanid variety, named after the country of Senegal, where it is found in its purest form among Wolof, more mixed in Serer. Occasionally in Fulani, Mande speakers, and across the Sahel zone. Connections to Fulani are much stronger than for other Sudanid varieties, some Ethiopid influence is possible.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Senegalid

References & Literature

The Senegalid 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. 1952. Umriss der Rassenkunde des Menschen in geschichtlicher Zeit. Ejnar Munksgaard. Kopenhagen.
  • Lundman, B. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart
  • Vallois, H. 1950. Les Badjoué du Sud-Cameroun. Étude anthropologique Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, 1-1-3, 18-59.
  • Vallois, H. 1951. Las races humaines. 3 Ed. Paris.
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  • Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
  • Vallois, H. V. 1971. Las races humaines. 8 Ed. Grammont.
  • Alcobé y Noguer, S.. 1952. Die Biodynamik des Afrikanischen Kontinentes. In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 175-187.
  • Chantre, E. 1917. Contribution à l'étude des races humaines du Soudan occidental (Sénégal et Haut-Niger). Bull. Soc. Anthr. Lyon 32.

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