The modern population of the entire African Mediterranean coast is anthropologically fairly homogeneous. In general, they are typical Caucasians, black-haired and dark-eyed, with a dolicho-mesocephalic skull. On average, their height is 165-170 cm.

Some anthropologists, in particular Deniker, tried to establish the presence of two races in North Africa - the Arab and the Berber. They assumed that in the VIII century. n. e. the Arabs who conquered the countries of the Maghreb - Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, settled in the valleys, displacing the Berbers, the ancient population of the country, into the mountains. Thus, from the time of the Arab conquest, in their opinion, two races, or two physical types, must have coexisted. Arabs, according to Deniker, are somewhat taller and more long-headed. Their face is elliptical, while that of the Berbers is angular. The nose of the Arabs is convex - the Berbers have a straight or concave nose. But Deniker himself points out that both among the Arabs and among the Berbers there are representatives of both of his "races".

Many anthropologists, studying the population of North Africa, attributed to the Arabs the population speaking Arabic, and the Berbers considered the population that preserved the Berber languages. But the division on the basis of language cannot serve as a basis for determining the anthropological type.

As history shows, the conquest of North Africa did not significantly change the composition of the population. It is believed that in the VII century. n. e., when North Africa was conquered by the Arabs, its total population was about 10 million. The total number of conquerors, including the resettled tribes of Beni Hilal and Beni Sulaim, did not exceed 200 thousand, i.e., amounted to only 2% . The current "Arabs" are the indigenous inhabitants of North Africa, the Berbers (formerly Libyans), who adopted the Arabic language and Arabic culture.

Anthropologists attribute the population of all the countries of the Atlas of Libya and Egypt to the Caucasoid race, more precisely, to the Mediterranean or Mediterranean-Balkan racial group. Inside it there are many local options. So, for example, those living on the island of Djerba and in the surrounding areas of Tunisia have a greater brachycephaly than in other areas. Some tribes living in the Atlas Mountains have light pigmentation, gray or blue eyes, and even blond hair. Some anthropologists thought that these tribes were the descendants of the Vandals, but the Greeks, and before them the ancient Egyptians, observed light-skinned and even blond Libyans in the population of North Africa 1 .

The distribution of the Caucasoid type in Africa is limited to its extreme north and the Sahara, where the Tuareg live, who by their origin make up the southern group of Berbers.

In North Africa, in particular in the cities of southern Morocco, in southern Algeria and Tunisia, negroid traits are clearly reflected in the physical type of the population - the result of a mixture of the indigenous population with non-Gram slaves brought here in the recent past.

In Kordofan, Darfur and other areas of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, the majority of the population is of the Negroid race. Among them live the Arab tribes who migrated to the steppes of the Sudan with their herds; such, for example, are the Arabs of the Shoah. Their way of life, beliefs and customs are purely Arabic, they speak Arabic, but in their physical type they are not much different from the surrounding Negroids.

Among some peoples of Sudan (Teda, Kanuri, partly Hausa, etc.) there is probably an admixture of dark-haired Caucasoids. They are characterized by lighter skin than Negroids, less curly hair, a lower nose, and prognathism is rare.

Negroid race

South of the desert belt, which are united under the common name of the Sahara, the main part of the indigenous population of the entire Western and Central Sudan, the upper reaches of the Nile, the entire Congo basin, all of East and South Africa are peoples negroid race. In the region of Western Sudan and Western Tropical Africa, the Negroid type was formed.

The main features of the Negroid anthropological type (dark skin color, curly hair, etc.) owe their appearance to the influence of the environment in which it was formed. The dark color of the skin depends on the presence of melanin in it, which colors the inner layers of the epidermis and is deposited both in the cells themselves and between them. Melanin prevents the penetration of a significant part of ultraviolet rays into the body, delaying rays with fluctuations from 280 to 313 jjljjl, protecting blood vessels and nerve endings in the skin from their harmful effects and overheating. The distribution of melanin on the surface of the body is not the same. Particularly dark skin on the back and on the back of the head, covering the most important parts nervous system from exposure to ultraviolet rays. Curly hair has the same meaning. The hair on the head is like a cover that protects the head from overheating. Thick curly hair, where each individual hair is twisted in a spiral, retains an air gap and serves as protection from the rays of the scorching sun. Obviously, all these protective features of the organism could be developed only as a result of a long process of adaptation to environment for many generations. Consequently, the formation of the Negroid type occurred in a hot climate.

The modern population of the Niger and Congo basins is considered the most typical representative of the Negroid race. It is characterized, as has been said, by very dark skin, sharply curly hair, the presence of prognathism, a broad nose with a low nose bridge, and swollen lips. The head is dolicho-mesocephalic, sometimes moderately brachycephalic, with a straight forehead and a poorly developed superciliary.

The main population of Africa - the Negroid race - has been studied much worse than other anthropological groups and racial types. Representatives of the Negroid type differ among themselves in skin color, the presence of prognathism, the thickness of the lips, height, etc. The inhabitants of the extreme west of Africa, in particular Senegal and Guinea, have a very dark skin color. A rather dark skin color is also noted among the peoples of the upper reaches of the Nile. On the contrary, light brown skin color distinguishes the peoples of Southeast Africa. The differences in prognathism are also quite significant: in West Africa, among the peoples of Western Sudan, it is very pronounced, in the population of South Africa it is sometimes almost never found.

Very significant fluctuations in growth. Suffice it to say that the average height of growth ranges between 165 and 185 cm. The following values were noted in individual groups:

	Height (cm)	population	Height (cm)
*French West Africa* Wolof................		*East Africa"* Baganda............
Serer.................		Banyancole. . . .
Tukuler............		Banyarwanda. . . .
Mandingo:		Barundi............
soninka ....		Wanyamwezi. . . .
bambara....		Swahili............
susu.......		Wayao..............
Songhai ....... mine. . *............		*South*
Lobby ....................		*Africa*
Dahomey...		Zulus n braid. . .
*Nigeria*		Bechuany............
Hausa............
Yoruba.......		*french*
*Belgian Congo* Azande............ Bakongo............		*Equatorial Africa* Sarah....................
Bangala ......		Kotoko.......
Baluba................
Mongo............		Yaounde.................

The greatest brachycephaly was noted among the inhabitants of the forest area (cephalic index 78-80). The South African Bantu, in particular the Zulus, are dolichocephalic (74-75 in the Zulus). Extreme dolichocephaly noted in the Great Lakes area near the Bahim (72-73) G.

Some anthropologists have tried to link the anthropological characteristics of certain population groups with the spread of languages. Based on the fact that the peoples of Sudan are linguistically different from the peoples living south of Sudan and speaking Bantu languages, anthropologists distinguished the Sudanese type and the Bantu type. However, a special anthropological type of Bantu, as well as a single Sudanese type, does not exist. The spread of languages does not always coincide with the spread of a particular physical type.

It is quite obvious that the study of the physical type of the population of Africa must be based on a systematic and massive study of the population, since only observations carried out on a large scale can give firm grounds for conclusions. This is the business of the future. So far, we have very little data. There is no doubt, however, that there is no single Negro type. Researchers, more than others involved in the classification of the Negroid race, tried to establish the following types. In the region of Western Sudan, in its steppe part, there are three groups, namely: Senegalese (type: Wolof), Nigerian (type: Mandingo), Chadian (type: Hausa); in the region of Central Sudan - two groups: Saharan (type: sara), Nile (type: Dinka); in the region of Upper Guinea and West Tropical Africa of the Congo and Ogove basins - forest type; in the region of East and Southeast Africa - the Kaffir type.

This classification is the result of the only attempt so far to establish the presence various types within the Negroid anthropological group and cannot be considered generally accepted. In any case, we must assume that this group includes several anthropological types: Sudanese, East African, etc., which have yet to be identified. Among them, the Nilotic type stands out sharply.

The peoples living at the source and in the upper and middle reaches of the Nile (Dinka, Shilluk, Nuer and many others) differ from the peoples of Eastern and Central Sudan in their exceptionally tall stature, very dark skin color, little pronounced prognathism and a narrower nose. All researchers unanimously note the exceptional growth, which in some groups averages 182 cm, and in some individuals reaches two or more meters. Many peoples living in the region of the Great Lakes retain undoubted features of the Nilotic type. They are distinguished by their high growth (about 180 cm), narrow face and narrow nose. These types are especially common among the peoples of the Barundi, Bahima and some others. The Nilotic type is characterized by a very dark skin color. Apparently, this is the most darkly pigmented anthropological type in all the globe. Pigmented spots are found in nilots on the mucous membrane of the mouth and on the tongue. According to the head index, the Nilotic people are extremely dolichocephalic (71-74). The southeastern and northern neighbors of the Nilotes (the Nubians of the Barabra, Barea, Kunama, etc.) are somewhat less dark in skin color, shorter in stature (169-174 cm), less dolichocephalic (head index 73-75) and less curly hair. They can be attributed to the number of representatives of the Ethiopian anthropological group.

negroids

Negroid race- one of the great races of people.

The term "Negroid race" is often used to refer to all people with black or chocolate skin. Some researchers [ who?] refer the Negroid race to the equatorial (Negro-Australoid) race. A number of authors call representatives of the Negroid race Kongoids in order to distinguish them from representatives of other darkly pigmented African races: capoids, pygmies and Ethiopians. Anti-racist Elisabeth Martinez has proposed moving the term congoid to all representatives of the Negroid race, following the example of naming other races by geographical location. However, this word quickly became offensive, despite the fact that the goal was different.

Characteristic features

Characteristic: different height, elongated limbs (especially arms), dark skin, curly hair, wide flat nose, thick lips, prognathism. Distributed in sub-Saharan Africa.

Origin

Appeared around the 5th millennium BC. e. in the territories of the southern Sahara, and from there they settled central and southern Africa, displacing the pygmies and bushmen.

Spreading

A black soldier in the Brazilian army.

Widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. Also common in Brazil, the West Indies, and the United States. Also common in Russia - according to the estimates of the Metis Foundation, over the years of assistance Soviet Union about 70,000 blacks remained in developing countries. According to the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, about 40 thousand children were born from Negro-Russian marriages.

About blacks and racism

In his book, The History of Man, Professor Carlton S. Kuhn Carleton S. Coon) (former president of the American Anthropological Association) wrote that the weight of the average black brain is 1249 grams compared to 1380 grams - the weight of the average white brain, and that the average black brain volume is 1316 cc. cm., and a white man - 1481 cu. see He also found that the size and weight of the brain is greatest in white people.

Dr. Kuhn wrote that there is a big difference between the brain of a Negro and a white man. The anterior lobe of the Negro's brain is less developed than that of the white. Thus, their ability to think, plan, communicate, and behave is more limited than that of whites. Professor Kuhn also found that this part of the brain in blacks is thinner and has less convolutions on the surface than in white people, and the development of this area of \u200b\u200bthe brain in them stops at an earlier age than in whites, thereby limiting further intellectual development.

Dr. Kuhn is not alone in his conclusions. The following researchers in the years listed, using various experiments, showed a difference between blacks and whites ranging from 2.6% to 7.9% in favor of whites: Todd (1923), Pearl (1934), Simmons (1942) and Connolly (1950) . In 1980, Kang-cheng Ho and his assistants, working at the Case Western Institute of Pathology, determined that the brains of white men are 8.2% larger than the brains of black men, while the brains of white women are 8.1% larger than the brains of black women.

“From time immemorial, the Negroes owned the African continent - wealth beyond poetic fantasies, lands crunching from diamonds under their feet. But they never raised a single diamond from the dust until a white man did not show them its shining light. Mighty and obedient animals crowded their lands, but they did not even think of harnessing a wagon or sleigh. Hunters by necessity, they never made an axe, a spear or an arrowhead to keep after the moment of use. They lived like a herd of bulls, happy to nibble grass for an hour. On a land full of stone and wood, they did not bother to cut boards, carve at least one brick, or build a house not from sticks and clay. “And here is the evidence of the brain and twisted in it. A banana fell, ate and ok!

The color of the skin, which is also recognized by the velvety of the skin and a special smell, does not exist due to the presence of any special pigment, but due to a large amount of coloring matter in the Malpighian mucosa between the inner and outer layers of the skin. Excessive pigmentation is not limited to the skin, pigment spots are often found in internal organs such as the liver, spleen, etc. Other features found are modified excretory organs, a more pronounced venous system, and a smaller brain volume compared to the white race.

Of course, according to the above characteristics, the Negro should be attributed to a lower stage of evolutionary development than the white, and being closer in terms of kinship with the higher anthropoids (monkeys). These characteristics are: the length of the arms, the shape of the jaw, a heavy massive skull with large superciliary arches, a flat nose, depressed at the base, etc. Mentally, the Negro is inferior to the white "

Physiologists and anthropologists have stated [ who?] that the lag of blacks in IQ may be due to their general evolutionary lag - whites simply outstripped blacks in development by several thousand years. Therefore, whites have an average of 100 g more brain than blacks. In addition, the brain development of a black child is not the same as that of a white child - at first, black children develop faster than white children in terms of motor and mental activity, but starting from the age of five, black children lag behind: the development of the frontal lobes responsible for logic and abstract thinking they end at an earlier age than whites. At the same time, these frontal lobes of blacks are less developed and have fewer convolutions than those of whites. (In cubs great apes the development of the frontal lobes and motor activity is even faster than that of blacks, but it also ends much earlier.) That is why, the researchers said [ who?], the Negroes never created a civilization, there were no Kants and Beethovens, Columbuses and Archimedes among them. It’s just that once the evolutionary branches of humanity diverged, no one is to blame…

Naturally, other interspecies differences have also accumulated. In particular, in an interview with The Independent and The Sunday Times in the fall of 2007 Nobel laureate the discoverer of DNA James Watson (James Watson) announced the conclusions of scientists about significant differences in the gene structures of people with different skin colors, indicating, in particular, differences in the intellectual abilities of Negroids and Caucasians. A genetic scientist said that in the next decade, genes that are responsible for differences in the level of human intelligence may be discovered.

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Negroid race	Negril type \| Negro type \| Nilotic type
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Ethiopian minor race
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Negroid race (Negroids)- is understood either as a synonym for a large equatorial race, or as an equatorial race within the African continent, or as a synonym for a small negro race. The inclusion here of the Negril and Khoisanoid races and the Equatorial races depends on this ... ... Physical Anthropology. Illustrated explanatory dictionary.

The Grimaldi Negroids are a population of people of the Homo sapiens species, whose representatives had Negroid features and inhabited the territory of Europe in the Upper Paleolithic before the arrival of the Cro-Magnons. They were carriers of the Aurignacian culture. The beginning of the description of the race ... Wikipedia

Negroid (black) race- the race to which most of the indigenous population of Africa belongs. The characteristic features of Negroids are black skin, long shins and short hips, curly, wool-like hair, prognathism, and a wide flat nose.

The place of origin of the Negroid race - Central and South Africa - "the oldest population of the Sahara was Negroid" [Art. Africa].

The Negroes speak the languages of various African families, groups and tribes.

At present, penetrating into all countries, it actively mixes with other races, poorly perceiving and not respecting their languages, culture, traditions, national values of the indigenous population.

In a number of states, in particular - the United States, the Negroid race has significant preferences compared to the Caucasian race (positive discrimination), in particular, the so-called. humanitarian aid, in countries North America a state allowance is paid, formed at the expense of deductions from working representatives of other races, in the so-called. The “black” areas of most cities are practically impossible for representatives of other races to access due to insecurity (see, for example, Harlem, Detroit Ruins), the suburbs of Paris.

In New York, in 2007, a segregation racist law was passed, prohibiting certain actions carried out by other races, in particular white, against the Negroid race (in particular, it is illegal to call blacks blacks; while similar prohibitions - whites are white - are not provided for in the law) .

In most countries, the Negroid race demonstrates an extremely high birth rate, which leads to an imbalance in races.

Representatives of the Negroid race are not prone to learning and are 15–25% lower than Caucasians, as evidenced by studies conducted in the United States, which, however, were subsequently banned as “racist”. [ ]

As shown in detail in his book "The Jewish Question Through the Eyes of an American" (Jewish Supremacism. My Awakening to Jewish Question.) Dr. David Duke, a famous fighter for the rights of the white race, blacks themselves are not capable of any creative activity, even defense their rights. Throughout the world, various black human rights organizations are created and funded with the support of Jewish figures and money.

It is characterized by dark skin and eyes, wavy or curly hair, a broad nose that protrudes little, transverse nostrils, full lips, and certain distinct features of the skull. The beard and mustache grow barely noticeable. All of these features are adaptive. For example, dark skin is less damaged by the rays of the sun, prevents the penetration of ultraviolet rays into the skin, and protects it from burns. Curly hair creates a dense felt hat that reliably protects the head from the sun's rays.

Mongoloid (Asian-American) race

It is characterized by swarthy or fair skin, straight, often hard hair, medium width of lips and nose, flattened face, strongly protruding cheekbones, relatively large face size, noticeable development of the "third eyelid". The most important adaptive features of the Mongoloid race are the deposition of fatty tissue on the face in children, narrow eye slits, and eyelid folds. All these signs in the past had an adaptive value from frostbite, wind, dust and sunlight that was reflected from the snow.

Caucasoid (Eurasian) race

It is characterized by light or dark skin, straight or wavy soft hair, well-developed facial hair in men (beard and mustache), a narrow protruding nose, thin lips, as well as certain distinct features of the skull. The most important adaptive feature of this race is the large size of the nasal cavity, which is associated with the need to create a kind of "chamber that heats up" the cold air.

Almost all people in sub-Saharan Africa are of the Negroid race, which includes three minor races.

The Pygmies, who traditionally hunt and gather in the equatorial forests, represent the Negrillian race. They are distinguished by small stature (about 140 cm on average), thin lips and a wide nose. Representatives of the pygmy race are quite small.

The San (Bushmen) and the Koikoin (Hottentots) in South Africa form the Khoisan race. Their skin is lighter and wrinkled than that of Negroids, rather yellowish. Other features of the Khoisan are epicanthus (Mongolian eyelid), steatopygia; so called the body's tendency to form a thick fat layer on the hips and buttocks. Now the Khoisan are few in number and live mainly in Botswana, Namibia, southern Angola and Zambia, but once they occupied much larger territories - apparently, the entire southern half of Africa.

The most numerous of the Negroid minor races is the Negro. Its representatives are distinguished by dark skin and eyes, curly hair, wide noses with low bridges, thick lips. But within this race, the differences are also very great: for example, the peoples living in the upper reaches of the Nile are very tall, thin-boned, and have very dark skin; inhabitants of the Guinean coast West Africa more squat and stocky ...

The inhabitants of Ethiopia, the Western Sudanese Fulbe people, as well as some peoples living on the southern border of the Sahara, are classified as a mixed Negroid-Caucasoid race. Madagascar is inhabited by Mongoloids from South-East Asia mixed with negroids. Berbers and Arabs, who roam the Sahara and live along its southern border, belong to the Mediterranean variety of the Caucasoid race.

race Caucasoid Sub-Adriatic Falian

Caucasian race

Caucasoid race, subdivided into a number of types: Nordic, Atlanto-Baltic, Subadriatic, Fal, East-Baltic, Central-East-European, Mediterranean, Balkan-Caucasian, Front-Asian, Caspian, Indo-Afghan types.

nordic type

Widespread in the population Northern Europe- northern Russians, Kashubians, Komi, northern Karelians, western Estonians, western Latvians, southwestern Finns, Swedes, most of the Norwegians, Germans of the northwestern regions of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dutch, English, Irish, northern French, etc.

Characteristic features: head index - mesodolichocephaly, body type - leptosomal, normosseous, height - high, hair structure - straight wavy, hair color - blond ash-blond golden blond blond dark blond, nape - convex, face - leptoprosopia, forehead - high, slightly inclined, eye position - horizontal, eye section - long section of eyes is characteristic, eye color - blue / gray, nose - long, narrow, straight, protruding, nose base - high, the tip of the nose is horizontal, sometimes raised, pointed, the lower jaw is deep, the lips are thin, the chin is narrow, angular, protruding, the growth of the beard and mustache is developed, the growth of hair on the body is normal, the skin is thin, white with a pinkish tint.

Atlanto-Baltic type

Distributed in the UK, Scandinavian countries, Latvia and Estonia. It is characterized by very light pigmentation of the skin, eyes and hair, long nose, mesokephaly, strong development of tertiary hairline, high growth.

Subadriatic (Norian) type

The type identified by some anthropologists, called the Sub-Adriatic (I. Deniker) or Norian, or Noric (the name was given by V. Lebzelter), from the Roman province of Norik, is close to the Dinaric type, the Balkan Caucasian race.

I. Deniker described this type as subbrachycephalic, less often brachycephalic, of medium height, with brown hair, an average height of about 166 cm and a head index of 82-84. It is distributed in Champagne, Franche-Comte, Luxembourg, in the Dutch province of Zeeland, the Rhine provinces, in the north of the Grand Duchy of Baden, in eastern Bavaria and in southeastern Bohemia; found among Slovenes, and in one part of Lombardy and the Venetian region.

K. Kuhn described the Noric type as a light brachycephalic type with a flat occiput, often found in southern Germany and elsewhere in central Europe. He considered this type to be a Nordic type, brachycephalized with a Dinaric admixture.

Falsky type

Characteristics. The Falian race is characterized by the highest growth among Caucasians, a very hypersthenic (stocky) physique, mesodolichocephaly, broad shoulders, a wide massive lower jaw with a “strong-willed” chin, rather high cheekbones by European standards, a wide and low face, developed superciliary arches and an occipital protuberance, low rectangular eye sockets, gray or blue eyes and coarse, wavy blond hair of reddish hues.

Spreading. Characteristic of Westphalia (hence the name of the race); its representatives are also found in Scandinavia, mainly in southwestern Sweden, where the Ertebölle culture existed in antiquity. As you move further from the southwestern border inland, the percentage of people of this race decreases greatly.

East Baltic type

According to G. Günther's classification

G. Günther noted that in terms of body proportions the East Baltic race, these are broad-boned and short strong people. Men are characterized by large shoulder width. All parts of the body are rough and stocky: a wide, short neck, short arms and fingers, short thick calves, a heavy and large head.

The East Baltic race is short-headed and broad-faced; its skulls are coarser, bony, heavy and, above all, more angular than those of the East, they have more thickenings and tubercles. But most of all characteristic of the East Baltic race is the large facial part of the skull compared to the brain part. The cranial index is slightly smaller than in the Eastern race, the Eastern Baltic skulls are less short. The Eastern Baltic skull is more convex at the back of the head than the Eastern one. This skull has a wide forehead with tubercles, its width is especially noticeable in the upper part of the forehead.

In profile, the massiveness of the facial part, especially the lower jaw, is noticeable, even in women. The face is taller than that of the Eastern race. The angle of the lower jaw is greater than in other races, approaching a right angle. Forehead sloping back, but not as great as in the Nordic race. The bridge of the nose is flatter than in the Eastern race, but the nose protrudes more in the middle and lower parts. The bridge of the nose is concave, the nose is upturned at the bottom. The chin goes back and is even less pronounced than in the Eastern race. The forehead is flatter than that of the Eastern race and broad. Eyebrows slightly curved upwards. The distance between the inner corners of the eyes is relatively large. The nose usually has a rather wide and flat bridge of the nose and widens downwards a lot. The nostrils are mutually located at an obtuse angle. Bottom part the nose is more fleshy than that of the eastern race. The nose of the East Baltic race is more upturned than that of other European races, with the exception of the Sudeten.

The zygomatic bones are more massive than in other races, and are slightly inclined outwards downwards. The average facial index is 85. The lower jaw is massive and wide, short and high. The lower part of the face forms a triangle, the sides of which converge at the chin at a very obtuse angle. The width of the face in the cheek area is determined not by fat deposits, but by the width of the lower jaw. The folds from the wings of the nose to the corners of the mouth are strongly pronounced. The mouth is wider than in other European races, with the exception of the False.

The eyes appear small because of the comparatively short and low slits that rise slightly at the outer ends. The skin is fair, with a gray tint that can become so strong that the skin is no longer perceived as light. This skin can also be "olive gray". Sunburn makes this skin only slightly darker. The hair on the head is coarse, blond, and usually has a gray tint. The Nordic race can be called golden-light, the Eastern Baltic - ashen-light. The color of the eyes is light, rarely actually blue, usually watery blue. Gray eyes are common.

According to G. Günter, the East Baltic race prevails in the northeast of Europe. The East Baltic race is strong in Finland, with the exception of the south and southwest, and in central and northwestern Russia, with the exception of the areas adjacent to the Baltic. The peoples of the Baltic have a strong East Baltic admixture.

mediterranean type

Characteristic features: characterized by a different, often short stature, asthenic physique, as a rule, a tall face, dark or predominantly dark hair and almond-shaped eyes, more or less swarthy skin, a long nose, thicker lips than those of northern Caucasians and dolichocephaly.

Representatives

Most of the population of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain), southwestern France, southern and central Italy, southern and eastern Greece, the Mediterranean islands, and North Africa. The representatives of the Mediterranean race were the Sumerians, carriers of the Capsian culture, as well as the Minoan civilization of the island of Crete.

Anterior Asian type

The original bearers of this type were Alarodii (ancient Sino-Caucasians). The type formed the basis of some types of the Indo-Iranian-Arabian branch (a mixture of Anterior Asians with proto-Mediterraneans, and in some areas with Mongoloids and Australoids). Described in 1911 by von Luschan. In many respects, the Anterior Asians are close to the Caucasians and Dinarians (Balkans), but differ in their small stature, the shape of the nose, and the plane of the occiput. Other names for this type: Armenoid, Alarodian, Syrian-Zagros, Semitic, Pontic-Zagros, Hittite (Anatolian), Assyrioid, Tauride. Deniker called this type Assyrioid and believed that it was characterized by a straight, narrow nose. The frequency of occurrence of a straight back of the nose has no geographic reference, this is due to the frequent miscegenation of Armenians and Jews with other peoples (mainly, if representatives of another people profess Judaism or Gregorianism, because often religious affiliation to a mono-ethnic religion is identified with ethnic). There are albinos, usually within the framework of the central cluster - Western Asian features plus blond hair and eyes. Some of the alternative names for the Anterior Asian type are used to denote related types, for example, the Assyrioid type, common among the Kurds and Assyrians, is less brachycephalic and has a straight, narrow nose. The Semitic-Arabian type is often referred to as Semitic.

For the peoples of the Near Asian type, the second blood type is characteristic.

Entire countries in Central and South America and other parts of the world are inhabited by peoples formed in the course of mixing the features of three large races at once - Mongoloid, Caucasoid and Negroid. A reliable classification of these groups has not yet been carried out, although such attempts have already been made by anthropologists. We can talk about the emergence of several mixed races at once literally over the past few centuries. And several more races can now be observed in the process of their formation!

What is the difference between the Negroid race and others. Negroid race: distinctive features