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Phenotype

Targid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Targid 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.

Targid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Targid phenotype is native to Southern 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: 41.00°, 12.00° (latitude, longitude).

Targid phenotype historical center: 41.00, 12.00 — Southern Europe

Physical Characteristics

Light to medium brown skin, often wavy black hair. Tall, brachyskelic, ectomorph with long arms. Dolichocephalic, orthocranic with a long face, dark eyes. Mandible less shallow than in most Mediterranids. The high-bridged nose is long, leptorrhine, and often hooked. Eyes occasionally pseudo-Mongoloid like in some Berberids.

Historical Background

Specialised type of the Sahara, linked to Mediterranid and Orientalid - the southern counterpart of Libyid and Eurafricanid, but more strongly adapted to the desert. The result of isolation and selection under extreme environmental stimuli. Typified by the nobles of Tuareg (Imoshag) who migrate through a vast, sparsely populated area, especially found in the Ahaggar Plateau. Sometimes in Songhai and Kanuri. The name derives from the singular of Tuareg, "Targi".

Source: Human Phenotypes — Targid

References & Literature

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

  • Verneau, R. 1916. Resultats anthropologiques de la Mission de M. de Gironcourt en Afrique occidentale. L'Anthr. 27. 47-568.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1943. Völkerbiologische Probleme der Sahara. In: Beiträge zur Kolonialforschung. Tagungsband I, 169-240.
  • Eickstedt, E. von 1951. Die Träger der Afrikanischen Kulturen. In: Bernatzik, H. Afrika. Handbuch der angewandten Völkerkunde. F. Bruckmann. München.
  • Coon, C.S.. 1939.. The Races of Europe. The Macmillan Company. New York.
  • Briggs, L.C. 1969. Hominid Evolution in Northwest Africa and the Question of North African "Neanderthaloids". Amer. Journ. Phy Anthrop. 29. 377-386.
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  • Vallois, H. V. 1971. Las races humaines. 8 Ed. Grammont.

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