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Phenotype

Strandlooper Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Strandlooper 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.

Strandlooper phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Strandlooper phenotype is native to South 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: -29.00°, 24.00° (latitude, longitude).

Strandlooper phenotype historical center: -29.00, 24.00 — South Africa

Physical Characteristics

Yellowish brown skin, wrinkled in old age, kinky, sometimes peppercorn hair. Short, ectomorph, sometimes endomorph, women may show steatopygia. Mesocephalic, sometimes brachycephalic, with a large and chamaecranic skull. Mesorrhine nose with a depressed root and dilated wings. The face is broad and low, orbits are large, prognathy common, eyes show pseudo-Mongoloid features.

Historical Background

Almost extinct Khoisanid type, once common along the South African coasts from Cape Colony to the Skeleton Coast. The name derives from the "beach-combers" who lived mainly on shellfish. Probably a Proto-Khoisanid type, very ancient and less specialised. Has vanished as a result of European colonisation, however some individuals of Topnaar (ǂ Aonin) may still show this type.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Strandlooper

References & Literature

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

  • Shrubsall, F. C. 1898. Crania of african Bush Races, JRAI 27. London.
  • Shrubsall, F. C. 1911. A note on the craniology of South African Bushmen, Ivi, 8.
  • Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
  • Johnston, H. H. Sir. 1910. The Negro in the New World. Methuen & Co. London.
  • Dart, R. 1955. Three Strandloper from the Kaokoveld Coast. S. Afr. J. Sci 51. 175-179.
  • Sydow, W. 1973. Contributions to the history and protohistory of the Topnaar Strandloper settlement at the Kuiseb River Mouth near Walvis Bay. South African Archaeological Bulletin 28 (111/112). 73-77. )
  • Cole, S. 1965. Races of Man. Butler & Tanner Ltd. Frome and London.

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