Trans Mediterranid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin
The Trans Mediterranid phenotype is a southern europe human phenotype documented in historical anthropology literature. This page presents the Trans Mediterranid phenotype average face composite, its geographic distribution, physical characteristics, historical background, and academic references.
Average Face
The Trans Mediterranid 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 Trans Mediterranid 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).
Physical Characteristics
Light, sometimes medium (yellowish) brown skin, straight to curly brown/black hair, often curlier than in European Mediterranids. Medium height, mesoskelic, ectomorph. Dolicho- mesocephalic, mildly hypsicranic with an oval, often long face, big eyes and a straight, (hyper-)leptorrhine, high-bridged nose. Facial features relatively soft, forehead slightly sloping.
Historical Background
Widespread Mediterranid subtype with many morphological features intermediate between Eurafricanid and Gracile Mediterranid. Possibly a gracilised Eurafricanid that spread west through ancient migrations that lasted up to Antiquity (e.g. Phoenicians). Today common in North Africa from Morocco to Egypt with high concentrations in Tunisia and Algeria. Also in Western Arabia and Southern Iberia, sometimes Sicily, Sardinia, Canary Islands, and other parts of Southern Europe.
References & Literature
The Trans Mediterranid 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.
- Biasutti, R. 1967 (1941). Le Razze e i Popoli della terra. 4th Ed. Vol 1-4. U.T.E.T., Torino.
- Coon, C.S.. 1939.. The Races of Europe. The Macmillan Company. New York.
- Peters, H. 1940. Haustier und Mensch in Libyen: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Nordafrika. Hohenlohesche Verlagsbuchhandlung. Oehringen.
- Fischer, E. 1943. Rassenkundliche Probleme in Weißafrika. In: Beiträge zur Kolonialforschung. Tagungsband I, 130-139.
- Heberer, G., G. Kurth and I. Schwidetzky. 1969. Anthropologie. Das Fischer Lexikon.
- Paschou et al. 2014. Maritime route of colonization of Europe. PNAS.
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