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Phenotype

South Nilotid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The South Nilotid 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.

South Nilotid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The South Nilotid 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).

South Nilotid phenotype historical center: 0.00, 35.00 — East Africa

Physical Characteristics

Black skin and kinky hair. (Rather) tall, (hyper)brachyskelic with a mostly endomorph body. Dolicho- mesocephalic, mildly hypsicranic. Often with thinner noses than Dinkaids, usually mesorrhine or mildly platyrrhine. The lips are full, mild prognathy common. In some individuals, pseudo-Mongoloid eyes can appear, especially in Bari.

Historical Background

Type common to the southern branch of Nilotic people of Lake Albert south to Lake Victoria, in South Sudan, Uganda, and Western Kenya. In some features, less typical than Dinkaids and Shillukids, stature and head shorter, possibly due to a higher degree of (Congolesid) admixture, or alternatively showing a less specialised Nilotid form. Common in Acholi, Alur, Kawka, Bari, Kresh, Luo, Lotuko, sometimes even in the Northern DR Congo tribe Mangbetu.

Source: Human Phenotypes — South Nilotid

References & Literature

The South Nilotid 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.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.

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