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Phenotype

Yemenid Phenotype - Face Features & Origin

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

Average Face

The Yemenid 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.

Yemenid phenotype average face composite

Geographic Distribution

The Yemenid 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).

Yemenid phenotype historical center: 22.00, 78.00 — South Asia

Physical Characteristics

Medium brown skin, wavy, sometimes curly, black hair. Rather short, mesocranic, ectomorph. Brachycephalic, mildly hypsicranic with a flat occiput and a small head. Hyperleptorrhine, often convex or hooked nose. Face narrow with fine features, eyes almond-shaped, lips full. Prognathy absent.

Historical Background

Orientalid subtype that deviates in an Armenoid direction. Most common in South and Central Yemeni. Also in Oman, UAE, Socotra, and parts of Saudi Arabia. Ancient migrations and tradesmen brought it to Northern and Eastern Africa, e.g. it has a long history of admixture in Sudanese Arabs, Rashaida, Kababish, Banguini, Malagasies, and along the Red Sea. Even in India and Iran.

Source: Human Phenotypes — Yemenid

References & Literature

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

  • Wissmann, H von. 1941. Arabien und seine kolonialen Ausstrahlungen. In: Lebensraumfragen europäischer Völker 2. 374-488. Leipzig.
  • Lundman, B. 1988. Jordens folkstammar. Huddinge.
  • Eickstedt, E. von. 1934. Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart.
  • Coon, C.S.. 1939.. The Races of Europe. The Macmillan Company. New York.
  • Haddon, A.C.. 1925. The Races of Man and their distribution. Cambridge at the University Press. London.
  • Huzayyin, S. A. 1936. Bitat al-Gamia al-Misriya 'ila 'l-Yaman wa-Hadramaut.

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