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Phenotype

Shillukid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Shillukid 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.

Shillukid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Shillukid 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).

Shillukid phenotype historical center: 0.00, 35.00 — East Africa

Physical Characteristics

Black skin, usually kinky, sometimes tight-curly hair. (Very) tall, hyperbrachyskelic, strongly ectomorph. Usually hyperdolichocephalic, hypsicranic. The face is narrower and the skull even longer. (Mildly) platyrrhine nose, forehead steep and very high. The lips are relatively full. Mongoloid eyes occur especially in women. Prognathy very weak.

Historical Background

Nilotid variety similar to Dinkaid, but with slightly modified features. Typically found in the savannahs of the Upper Nile of South Sudan. Extends to Western Ethiopia (e.g. Gambela). Most common in Shilluk, but also in Anuak. More mixed in other Nilotic people.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Shillukid

References & Literature

The Shillukid 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. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart
  • 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.
  • Seligman, C.G. and B. Seligman. 1932. Pagan Tribes of the Nilotic Sudan. George Routledge & Sons Ltd. London

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