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Phenotype

Shari Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Shari 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.

Shari phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Shari phenotype is native to East 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: 0.00°, 35.00° (latitude, longitude).

Shari phenotype historical center: 0.00, 35.00 — East Africa

Physical Characteristics

(Bluish/greyish) black skin, usually kinky hair. (Very) tall, (hyper-)brachyskelic and ectomorph. Mesocephalic or even mildly brachycephalic, different from any other neighbouring desert and savannah type, hypsicranic. Platyrrhine nose. The face is large, lips and prognathy do not appear as pronounced as in Sudanids.

Historical Background

Special type named after the Chari river of Chad. Intermediate between Sudanid and Nilotid, but with several unique features that have long been stabilised. Most common in Southern Chad and Northern Cameroon. Typified by the Sara. Also in Bua, Mbum, Ouldeme, Madara, Massa, Mousgoum, Banda, and even Azande.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Shari

References & Literature

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

  • Montandon G. 1928. L'ologenése humaine. Paris.
  • Alcobé y Noguer, S.. 1952. Die Biodynamik des Afrikanischen Kontinentes. In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 175-187.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
  • Hooton, E.A. 1946. Up from the Ape. Rev. ed. Macmillan Company . New York.
  • Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
  • Lundman, B. 1943. Jordens Människoraser och Folkstammar. Nybloms Förlag, Uppsala.
  • Tishkoff et al. 2009. The genetic structure and history of Africans and African Americans. Science. 324,1035-1044.

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