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Phenotype

Strandid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Strandid 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.

Strandid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Strandid phenotype is native to Central Europe. 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: 49.00°, 15.00° (latitude, longitude).

Strandid phenotype historical center: 49.00, 15.00 — Central Europe

Physical Characteristics

Fair to light brown skin, straight or wavy, usually brown to black hair and mixed eyes. Medium height, mesoskelic, endomorph. Brachycephalic and chamaecranic (in contrast to Lappid) with a leptorrhine, often concave nose. Face relatively broad and low, chin rather weak. Forehead is less bulbous than in Alpinids proper, the head more oval than round, and the stature taller.

Historical Background

Alpinoid North European type most common in Southwestern Norway. The name derives from the Norwegian word for beach ("Strand"). Probably a reduced Paleo Atlantid. Associated with the ancient Norwegian Fosna culture. Strandids are not very numerous and often mixed, however they can occur in many North European populations from Western Finland to Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, and Iceland.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Strandid

References & Literature

The Strandid 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. 1946b. Raser och folkstockar i Baltoskandia, en översikt. Uppsala.
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  • 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

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