Tibetid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin
The Tibetid phenotype is a south asia human phenotype documented in historical anthropology literature. This page presents the Tibetid phenotype average face composite, its geographic distribution, physical characteristics, historical background, and academic references.
Average Face
The Tibetid 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.
Geographic Distribution
The Tibetid phenotype is native to South Asia. 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: 22.00°, 78.00° (latitude, longitude).
Physical Characteristics
Light olive-brown skin with straight, sometimes wavy hair. Medium height, macro- mesoskelic, ectomorph to endomorph. Mesocephalic, mildly hypsicranic. Relatively prominent, long, mildly leptorrhine and slightly convex nose. Face is relatively broad, but narrower than in Sinids and Kham Tibetids. Eyelids narrow, epicanthic folds occur in some individuals, cheekbones pronounced, forehead narrow.
Historical Background
Contact type of Indid and Sinid. Possibly also Paleo Sibirid groups that have adapted to the high altitude of the Tibetan Plateau, sometimes features appear Indianiform. Most typical in Ladhak of Northern India and West Tibetans. Also in Eastern and Northern Tibetans, especially in nomads, as well as in Szechuan and Northern Yunnan (especially in Yi, sometimes Miao). In lower frequencies across China, Nepal, Burma, and Central Asia.
Source: Human Phenotypes — Tibetid
References & Literature
The Tibetid phenotype entry above is compiled from the following academic references. Readers are encouraged to consult the original sources for verification and deeper context.
- Turner, W. Bhils, Frontier Tribes of Burma, Pakkou Tribes. South Shan Tribes, Tibetans. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 49. 705-734.
- Cole, S. 1965. Races of Man. Butler & Tanner Ltd. Frome and London.
- Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
- Alexeev, V. P. 1979. The Differential Geography of Races. In: Stini, W. A. Physiological and Morphological Adaptation and Evolution. De Gruyter.
- Lundman, B. 1967. Geographische Anthropologie. Rassen und Völker der Erde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart
- Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
- Eickstedt, E. von. 1952. Biodynamik der Europiden. In: Historia Mundi. Band 1, Munich, 115-134.
- Eickstedt, E. von. 1944. Rassendynamik von Ostasien. Walter de Gruyter. Berlin.
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