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Phenotype

Tasmanid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Tasmanid 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.

Tasmanid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Tasmanid phenotype is native to Australia. 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: -25.00°, 135.00° (latitude, longitude).

Tasmanid phenotype historical center: -25.00, 135.00 — Australia

Physical Characteristics

Dark brown, sometimes black skin with kinky hair. Rather short, brachyskelic, mesomorph. Mesocephalic sometimes dolichocephalic, chamae- orthocranic. The nose is hyperplatyrrhine, very short, medium-high with a thick tip. Faces are broad and short, mouth large, convex upper lip, prognathy mild. Supraorbital arches and body hair strong.

Historical Background

Insular, slightly gracilised Australid subtype of Tasmania. Similar to Barrinean, sometimes also associated with Melanesid or Negritid. Most likely developed due to isolation after Tasmania split off Australia. Extinct today, the last full-blooded male / female died in 1869 / 1876. European colonists had wiped out the type within a few decades by war, displacement, and most importantly introduced diseases. However, a few descendants of mixed ancestry remain.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Tasmanid

References & Literature

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

  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
  • Abbie, A. A. 1958. The Original Australians. The Leech 28, 120-130.
  • Hooton, E.A. 1946. Up from the Ape. Rev. ed. Macmillan Company . New York.
  • Coon, C. S., Garn, S. M. and Birdsell, J. B. 1950. Races: a Study of Race formation in Man. Charles C. Thomas. Springfield.
  • Lundman, B. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart
  • Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
  • Pietrusewsky, M. 2005. The physical anthropology of the Pacific, East Asia and Southeast Asia. In: Genetics and Physcial Anthropology.

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