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Phenotype

South Polynesid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The South Polynesid 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 Polynesid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The South Polynesid phenotype is native to Polynesia. 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: -15.00°, -140.00° (latitude, longitude).

South Polynesid phenotype historical center: -15.00, -140.00 — Polynesia

Physical Characteristics

Medium brown, velvet-like skin, wavy or curly usually brown-black hair. Tall, mesoskelic, mesomorph to endomorph. Mesocephalic, mildly hypsicranic. Mesorrhine, sometimes convex nose. Facial features are relatively robust with significant supraorbital arches, a relatively wide face, and large eyes. Lips are not very thick.

Historical Background

Southern Polynesid variety. Some assume similarities with the first Polynesid variety that migrated from South-East Asia into Oceania. Found in its purest from in the Maori of New Zealand, but also Moriori and Rapa Nui, and occasionally across Polynesia. New Zealand and Easter Island were reached in the Middle Ages, sometimes replacing older Melanesids. Population collapsed due to introduced diseases from Europeans. Only in Maori the type could recover, although admixture is relatively high.

Source: Human Phenotypes — South Polynesid

References & Literature

The South Polynesid 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.
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  • Best, E. 1924. The Maori. Wellington.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
  • Lundman, B. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart
  • Knussmann, R. 1996. Vergleichende Biologie des Menschen: Lehrbuch der Anthropologie und Humangenetik. 2ed. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.

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