Physical characteristics of the Nordic race
Physical characteristics of the Nordic race
Figure. People of the Nordic race are tall and slender. The average height of adult men is 1.75-1.76 m, often reaching 1.90 m. And this is not due to the excessive length of the legs, as, for example, among blacks from the upper Nile. In terms of the proportion of the length of the legs to the entire length of the body, this race occupies just a middle position between the short-legged Mongoloids and some tall tropical tribes. The height of the seat is approximately 52-53% of the height of the body.
Growth in people of the Nordic race lasts the longest; it can be significant even in the period between 20 and 25 years. In southern Italy it ends earlier than in northern Italy; in Baden it ends less during this period than in Sweden. A relationship has been established between the achievement of sexual maturity and the completion of growth. Since people of the Nordic race longer period growth, puberty occurs later.
Men of the Nordic race, in addition to being tall, are distinguished by broad shoulders And narrow hips. The slenderness of male hips is emphasized by a feature very characteristic of the Nordic race, the so-called. the antique pelvic fold, a muscular thickening running from the spinal ridge through the thigh forward and down. Ancient Greek sculptors liked to emphasize this racial feature. A special thickening of the upper part of the kneecap is also present in Europe, mainly among the Nordic race.
Nordic women are also distinguished by their racial slenderness, despite their feminine body shapes. Here the effect of the so-called false thinness: Nordic women in clothing appear thin despite their developed female forms.
Slimness is manifested in the shape of all parts of the body: neck, arms, legs, hips. The ratio of arm length to body length is the same as in the case of leg length: the arms of people of the Nordic race are not as short as those of Mongoloids and not as long as those of Negroids. The arm span of people of the Nordic race is equal to 94-97% of body length. Knoop established these figures in a study of the Nordic population of Lower Saxony; according to his data, the longer the head, the more this figure approaches 94.
The artist of people of the Nordic race is struck by the freedom inherent in every part of the body, every muscle, as if they obey their own special laws of formation while maintaining a harmonious whole.
Scull. The shape of the skull is as slender as the body. People of the Nordic race have a long skull and a narrow face. The average cranial index is about 74 (on the head of a living person this corresponds to the figure 75-75.5). The width of the Nordic head is related to its length as 3:4. Many researchers bring the longitudinal-transverse index for living representatives of the Nordic race to 77.9, Deniker even to 79. (While Kollman takes the cranial index of the Nordic race as the average value 71.5, Eugen Fischer - 76-79.) I believe , that heads or skulls with an index up to 79 can be considered Nordic if they have a convex back of the head, characteristic of the Nordic race. It is likely that the width of the head and skull of the Nordic race varies over a larger range than that limited by an index of less than 75. In any case, the dolichocephaly of the Nordic race is closer to mesocephaly than the pronounced dolichocephaly of the Negroes or Eskimos.
Width Nordic person refers to the length as 10:9, but the ratio 10:10 is also common. We can say that the facial index of the Nordic race is above 90. Long heads - combined with narrow faces, make the head shape such that it can be enclosed in a rectangle. This shape is striking among Nordic people with short hair or bald, especially when turning the head. If the round head does not change shape when turning - the ball looks the same from all sides - then when turning the Nordic head, two long side planes are especially striking. If we divide the side view of the head into two sections, one in front and the other behind the ears, we see that the Nordic head develops in length mainly behind the ears. The back of the head, as already mentioned, is convex. If a long-headed person is placed against a wall, the back of his head will touch it, but with a round-headed person there will be a gap between the back of his head and the wall. The Nordic skull is distinguished by a relatively low height of the area behind the ears, so we can talk about flat shape of this skull (in children, however, this sign is not expressed). The Nordic (and Dinaric) races are characterized by a strongly protruding occipital protuberance. A purely Nordic feature is the process of the temporal bone. If the area behind the ears in other European races is relatively flat, in the Nordic race a noticeable elevation can be felt there.
The features of a Nordic face in profile are clearly pronounced. The forehead is sloping back, the eyes are deep-set, the nose is more or less prominent. The jaws and teeth are located almost vertically. The chin protrudes especially sharply. The presence of three protruding parts gives the impression of aggressiveness. When an artist wants to express in the facial features the qualities of a leader, courage, willpower, he always draws a more or less Nordic (or Nordic-Dinaric or Nordic-Falian) head.
Full face attracts attention narrow forehead, slightly arched eyebrows, narrow bridge of the nose, narrow, angular chin. The head is narrowed at the temples, as if it were squeezed on both sides in a vice.
The shapes of individual bones of the skull and soft parts of the face also contribute to this general impression. The forehead running back is combined with noticeable brow ridges and glabella (thickening above the bridge of the nose). These signs are less pronounced in women and young people. The eye sockets have the shape of an oblong ellipse or quadrangle.
A very important facial feature is the cheekbones. Among the Nordic race they are not very noticeable, because they are turned to the side and located almost vertically.
Individual races differ in the shape of their nose. The Nordic race has a narrow nose, starting from the bridge of the nose, so that there is often no visible border between it and the forehead (“Greek nose”). In profile it is sometimes straight, sometimes curved outward. There are also concave noses and noses that curve slightly outward in the lower third (a common form in Sweden). If the Nordic nose is curved, it usually describes a smooth arc. It is more of a hooked or hawk-like nose than an aquiline (curved at the top) like that of the Dinaric race. The ratio of the length (height) of the nose compared to other parts of the face in the Nordic (and Dinaric) races is greatest, in the Western race it is smallest, and in the Eastern and Eastern Baltic races it is smallest. The nostrils are located under acute angle. The Nordic nose develops from a child's snub nose by age 25. Women of all races have wider noses. The Nordic race also has a nose shape that looks straight in profile, but slightly wavy. The strongly protruding nose of people of the Nordic race, such as that of the Norwegian polar explorer Amundsen, is usually and especially narrow.
The narrowness of the Nordic face is due to the greater curvature of the cornea of the eyes, the narrowness of the jaws and the close arrangement of the teeth, with the fangs located at an angle. A purely Nordic feature – large and long upper front incisors.
Soft parts of the face. These parts do not blur the impression of a narrow face. The skin of the face has a uniform thickness, the eyelids are not thick, the slit between them is horizontal, and at the outer corners of the eyes is slightly slanted down. The skin on the cheekbones is thin, round cheeks do not make round face. The border of the lips is not clearly defined. The lips themselves are usually narrow, but do not appear compressed, and the upper lip often protrudes less than the lower lip. Nordic Englishmen often have a very high vertical upper lip. The groove under the nose is clearly defined and narrow. The ears are relatively small, although the size of the ears varies greatly among all races and the ears of all people grow into old age.
Leather. Skin color in all races is caused by the deposition of pigment. The Nordic and Falian races are least susceptible to this. The Nordic skin color is pinkish-white, the skin color of the Eastern Baltic race is light with a gray-yellow tint. Only the Nordic race can be called “white” in the proper sense of the word, and even then this will not be entirely correct - only a corpse has completely white skin. Even the most White skin always has a yellowish tint. Blood shining through the skin turns it pinkish-white. Where the veins are visible, “blue blood” is visible. But such fair skin, even in northwestern Europe, is less common than people think. Moreover, the skin color of a dressed European is not sufficient evidence of his racial properties. Many Europeans, when tanned, become like Egyptians or Indians. Only the skin of the Nordic race is resistant to sunlight: it turns very red, as if burned, but after a few days the redness disappears.
The skin thickness of individual European races was not measured. The skin of the Nordic race is especially delicate and appears to be thin. According to Roman writers, the skin of the Germans was more sensitive to wounds. The delicacy of Nordic leather is also evidenced by its transparency. The expression “blue blood” indicated the racial origin of the nobility. Blush on the cheeks, “blood and milk” - these and similar expressions speak of the Nordic origin of the European ideal of beauty.
Even the nipples of men and women of the Nordic race are pink, while those of other European races are brown. Only the Nordic race has truly red lips.
Since in the tropics skin pigmentation is a means of protecting it, the Nordic race is not adapted to life in the tropics. The influence of tropical climate on different European races was shown by the American Woodruff in his book “Medical Ethnology” (1915). He noted very bad influence strong solar radiation on nervous system light Europeans.
Whether the appearance of freckles is associated with Nordic blood is unknown. Freckles often appear on red-haired people, but, unlike the Nordic race, they have oily skin. But I often observed freckles in people of the Nordic race.
Darker areas of skin, unlike other races, are not found in the pure Nordic race.
Hair. In comparison with other races of the Earth, the Nordic (as well as Western and, above all, Dinaric) races should be considered more hairy. People of the Nordic race have good hair growth on their heads, men have a beard, but the body hair is weaker.
The color and shape of hair on the head are signs that distinguish races. In Germany, a phenomenon that has not yet been satisfactorily explained is the darkening of hair in adults aged about 30 years. So only by the hair color of adults can one judge their race.
I have often observed the hair growing on the forehead among Jews. Often it is also among the Dinaric race. This phenomenon does not occur among the Nordic race.
The hair color of the Nordic race is light, with variations from blond hair to yellowish and golden, usually with a more or less obvious reddish tint. Ash hair, more often found in eastern Germany and northeastern Europe, is more likely a sign of the East Baltic race. Blonde hair color influenced the European ideal of beauty. According to the description of the Romans, Germanic children had the same hair color as gray-haired old men.
They used to argue whether red hair could be considered Nordic sign. They are often combined with very white and delicate skin. Redheads were seen as a relic of a special race. Their special smell, comparable to that of a goat, was often noted. But they cannot be considered a special race; red hair is especially common in the area of the Nordic race. In eastern Germany and eastern Europe there are generally fewer redheads than in northwestern Europe, i.e. This phenomenon is not typical for the East Baltic race.
Red hair is now considered a phenomenon similar to albinism, since red-haired people, like albinos, are found in all races. Therefore, they talk about erythrism or rutilism and do not consider red hair as a racial characteristic. There are relatively many redheads among the Scots and Jewish half-breeds.
The hair of the Nordic race is less oily than that of other European races. They are smooth or wavy, thin, often “like silk.” Curly hair are more common in children of the Nordic race than in adults. The features of Nordic hair are well shown in the images of women in many of Rubens's paintings. Nordic hair can be recognized by the ease with which it flutters in the wind. Thin Nordic hair is less durable and breaks off more easily.
The result of crossbreeding can be coarse, often curly (for example, among Jews) blond hair or dark hair with a Nordic structure. The texture of your hair says more about your racial origin than its color. The blond hair of the Eastern Baltic race is thick and coarse.
The beard hair of men of the Nordic race is also light, often more reddish. Indra was depicted with a red beard, like the god of thunder of the ancient Germans, and Emperor Barbarossa is a favorite image of German folklore. The beard hair is curly, like on ancient Greek statues. The shape of the beard has not been studied.
When crossing, even with dark hair on the head, a light or red beard is often preserved - this was noticed by Aristotle.
Eye color. We are talking about the color of the iris; the pupil of all races is black. The conjunctiva of the Nordic race is completely colorless and appears white. In darker European races it is more cloudy or yellowish.
The iris of the Nordic race is very light, blue or gray. Babies are usually born with dark blue or dark gray eyes.
There is an opinion that gray eyes are “not Nordic”, that this is a sign of crossing or a sign of the East Baltic race. I do not believe that the Nordic race is characterized only by blue eyes, although among them there are indeed more blue eyes, and among the East Baltic race there are more gray eyes. Gray eyes can be considered a sign of crossing the Nordic race with dark European races, since, according to Virchow, the number of gray eyes increases in Central Europe not only to the east, but also to the south. Grey eyes more often combined with brown hair than with light ones. When crossing, it happens that eye color is inherited from the dark race, and eye brightness from the light race. This is how you get light brown and green eyes.
Nordic people often change eye color depending on the lighting and mood. When the light falls from the front, the eyes appear blue, and when the light falls from the side, they appear gray. Their color is somewhere between blue and gray. But, since gray is the dominant color, blue eyes can be considered “more Nordic.”
Dark blue eyes, like those of Jews or Jewish half-breeds, or opaque matte blue eyes are always the eyes of hybrids. They are often found when crossing with the eastern race. Nordic eyes have a luminous color. Paintings often show the refraction of light by a dark ring surrounding the iris.
These properties of Nordic eyes are associated with the special impression they make. Dark eyes look around, Nordic eyes take a closer look. When excited, the look of Nordic eyes becomes “terrible.” This view was attributed to the Germans by Caesar and Tacitus. The contrast of the dark pupil with a light frame, along with the corresponding facial expressions, makes the German’s gaze not only “terrible”, but also “sharp”, as Caesar himself wrote about. This is due to the fact that the pupil dilates when excited. It is to the bright Nordic eyes that excited states (joy, the ecstasy of struggle) give a special shine; they begin to emit light. In the fight against the Germans, Roman soldiers had to get used to their gaze so as not to be afraid of it. Caesar writes about the Gauls that they could not withstand the wild gaze of the Germans. Hagen (The Nibelungenlied) had the same terrible look. This property of the peoples of the Nordic race was attributed to the heroes, which is expressed in the Edda. Only Nordic eyes can cast a terrible look, the eyes of other races in a state of excitement can look sinister, threatening, even poisonous, but only Nordic eyes can express courageous anger. Their usual expression is determination, but the range of feelings they express is large, from gentleness to the strong will of the master.
Gobineau aptly calls the general impression of the features of a Nordic face “somewhat dry.” Especially in middle-aged men, this coldness, rigidity and efficiency of Nordic facial features is striking.
The Nordic race is a Scandinavian type, belongs to the Scandinavian type, has another name for the Atlanto-Baltic anthropological type.
This race, if we turn to the anthropological tree, is part of the second-order race of the Caucasian race. Also, the Nordic phenotype is a variant of the Baltic race.
Now we will understand with you what Nordic appearance is and what the Nordic appearance of a man and a woman is.
This article talks about representatives of the small race of Nordids. Here you will see different varieties of this racial type, note for yourself the distinctive features of Nordic appearance and be able to compare them with the features of your appearance or the appearance of your environment.
At the beginning of the last century, a French racologist I. Deniker the term “Nordic race” was used, which characterized it as a race that included tall people with blond, sometimes curly hair, eyes light color, with a pink tint to the skin and a dolichocephalic skull.
Note: Dolichocephaly is an elongated and narrow head shape.
Origin of the Nordic type
According to information K. Kuna The Nordic race is originally derived from a circle of Mediterranean racial forms. However, over time, it was affected by the depigmental process that occurred under the influence of a group of paleo-Europeans. Thus, this race is the result of a mixture of paleo-European and Mediterranean types.
What is Nordic appearance?
General description of Nordic appearance
The appearance of the Nordid type is characterized by its light pigmentation, tallness, and thin physique, which refers to ecto- or mesomorphy. Distinctive features of Nordic appearance are the range of hair colors, ranging from blond to red and dark blond, brown hair.
Regarding, owners of the Nordic type of appearance have an iris of gray, gray-blue, blue, blue flowers. Characteristics of facial height are:
- Leptoprosopia - high value of facial height;
- Mesoprosopia - a face of average height.
The jaw is classified as narrow, and the values of the cephalic index mainly relate to dolichocephaly or mesocephaly (medium elongation). Nordids have thin lips and the nose (characteristic of leptoria), the front part of the nose (nasal dorsum) is elongated and high, in relief it is straight, or has small concave or, conversely, slightly convex contours. Speaking of the brow ridges, they are quite pronounced.
Detailed physical characteristics of the Nordic type traits
Hans Günther's classification - Nordic theory examined
Body architecture
People of the Nordic race have high and slim figure. Their average height ranges from 1.75 to 1.78 m, and very often can reach more than 1.85-1.90. Speaking about body proportions, their tall height is not achieved due to the length of their legs (as, for example, among representatives of the Negroid race). Correlating the length of the legs to the length of the body, the Nordic type is in the middle between the Mongoloid short-leggedness and the long-leggedness of the tropical races.
Men of Nordic appearance have broad shoulders and narrow hips. Their slender body architecture is emphasized by the contours of the ancient fold of the pelvis (which was constantly emphasized in the works of sculptors of ancient Greece).
In turn, women of Nordic appearance are also characterized by their slimness, although at the same time they have beautiful female breasts, waist and hips.
Duration of growth may reach its greatest rise between 20 and 25 years.
Craniometry - Nordic skull dimensions
As already mentioned, people of the Nordic race have narrow skull shapes and have a narrow face. The ratio of the width and length of the head is 3:4. The average value of the cranial index is 74 centimeters (in a living person - 75-77).
The ratio of the facial width of people of the Nordic race to the height is in the values - 10:9 - 10:10. Thus, having comprehensively collected all the values, you can notice that the shape of the head of this race is a rectangle, which is quite clearly visible among Nordids with short hair.
In comparison with races that have a spherical shape - their rounded head does not change its contours when turning, the head of the Nordids has two planes on the sides, having long sizes. Also, the head of the Nordic race is characterized by a convex shape of the back of the head (due to the presence of a process of the occipital bone) - if a Nord stands against a wall, occipital part will certainly come into contact with the wall, while for those with a round head a gap will form.
Speaking about the profiles of Nordids, the forehead is tilted slightly back, the eyes are deep set, the teeth and jaws are vertically positioned, and the chin is sharply projected.
Nordic skin color
A characteristic feature of the Nordid type is “white skin” - the color of the skin has a lightish gray tint, with a slightly yellow tint. The pinkish tint of the skin is due to the fact that blood capillaries pass close to its surface.
Nordic hair
The color variation of Nordids ranges from blond to golden. Speaking of hair thickness, hair growth occurs mainly on the head of women, and in the beard area of men. Their structure is compared to silk, they are smooth and wavy.
Types of Nordoid minor race
In turn, Nordids have different type varieties, which have their own distinctive characteristics. Nordids include:
- Hallstadt Nordid;
- Eastern Nordid;
- Celtic Nordic;
- Trønder;
- Anglo-Saxon type;
- Subnordid.
Hallstadt Nordid
In another way, the Galdstatt Nordids are called Osterdal, Teutonordids, Scano-Nordids, Skadids, Gothic, Norwegian.
In origin, this racial type is a classic Nordic type, associated with the remains of Hallstatt from the Iron Age, which were excavated in the region of Central Europe. The territorial dispersal of the population of this species occurred as a result of migrations of Germanic settlements in ancient times.
Its distribution reaches Norway, southern Sweden, Denmark, northern Germany, and the Netherlands.
People of the Hallstadt Nordic type are tall, have a leptosomal structure, but have a developed muscular system. The legs are longer than the body and have average bone width.
Hair color, according to the classics: blond, ash + light brown, with a golden or dark tint. The structure of the hair is wavy. There is a strong development of hair. Thin lips, straight bridge of the nose, narrow cheekbones, long jaw, moderate slope of the forehead, eyes blue color. Narrow face.
Eastern Nordid (Irano-Nordid)
This small race has an origin associated with the result of depigmentation of the eastern Cromanoid races.
This type is common in the Baltic states, Russia, Transcaucasia and South-West Asia.
Speaking of external distinctive features- people of this race have the same parameters, with the exception of straight hair structure, average hair development, narrow bridge of the nose, strong convex shape back of the head
Celtic Nordid (Celtic Nordid)
This race is a mixture of protomorphic Hallstadt tribes of the Nordic type with non-Nordic types. Distribution is found among the British Isles and the Atlantic coasts of the European part.
Distinctive features - hair color - ash blond - dark chestnut, have a straight structure. The color of the iris is a combination of light mixed shades. The lips are thin and medium-sized, with a soft inversion. The bridge of the nose has straight or convex contours. Narrow jaws, convex nape.
Trønder
This racial subtype has another name: North German mesocephalic.
The race owes its origin to the Cromanoid types in a mixture of the Corded Ware culture. Distributed in Eastern Sweden, Southern Norway, the Baltic countries and Russia.
They have a slender body architecture, medium-wide bones. Hair has a color spectrum from light brown with a hint of gold to dark chestnut. The hair structure is straight or wavy. Blue eyes, thin lips, slightly sloping forehead, strong height.
Anglo-Saxon type
They come from a mixture of Hallstadt Nordid and Cro-Magnon type of Northern European origin. Distributed in southeastern England and the Netherlands.
Medium-sized bones, straight hair, thin lips, straight eyebrows, moderately sloping forehead, high. The nose and cheekbones are narrow. Horizontal section of the eyes.
Sub Nordic
A combination of the protomorphic Hallstadt population of Nordids and Nordids-Alpinids. Distribution occurs in Austria, Switzerland, France.
Representatives of this race have light mixed colored irises, medium cheekbones, a straight bridge of the nose, and straight hair. The back of the head is slightly convex. Hair color ranges from ash blonde to dark chestnut.
Most often, representatives of Nordic appearance can be found in the countries of Northern Europe, Canada, Siberia and central Russia. What signs suggest that a woman has a Nordic appearance? There are no strict criteria in this classification, since races and subgroups in modern world constantly mixing. However, scientists still identify some features that characterize the Nordic type of appearance of women.
Main featuresA typical “northerner” (that’s what girls from a certain type appearance) usually has above average height and is not inclined to be overweight. And this is easily explained from a scientific point of view. The fact is that harsh climatic conditions are a deterrent to puberty. It, of course, comes, but much later than, for example, for girls who live in Spain or Africa. In addition to being tall, northern girls are distinguished by fairly wide shoulders and narrow hips. Exactly these characteristic features and create the effect of false thinness. A tall woman with a narrow pelvis looks thin, but in reality her curves are well developed.
Another feature is the structure of the skull. The occipital protuberance usually stands out on a flat skull, while the temporal bones appear convex. It is for this reason that women of the Nordic type have an expressive appearance - a clear profile, defined cheekbones, and a slightly protruding chin. Their nose is neat, small, narrow, and their lips are vaguely outlined, often thin. As for the skin color, it is soft pink and pale. If it is exposed to sunlight for a long time, it becomes not dark, but reddish with a burgundy tint. But there are practically no freckles on the skin. Northern women's hair is usually blond. Natural blonde can have a yellowish, golden or reddish tint.
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Perhaps the most striking accent of appearance are the eyes. Representatives of the Nordic type have light, but very expressive hair. The relatively small size is compensated by the depth of blue, blue or gray irises.
In the fashion industry, models with a Nordic appearance are in high demand. These girls, thanks to their specific appearance, attract attention. Not long ago, a new beauty Elsa Hosk joined the team. The owner of a typical Nordic appearance is a native of Sweden.
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At first glance, it may seem that fair-skinned, tall blondes with blue eyes are cold and stern, but appearances can be deceiving!
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In anthropology, the Nordic small race is usually called the peoples living in the north of Europe: in the countries of Scandinavia, in England, partly in Holland and in the north of Russia. The same type is known as the “Scandinavian appearance type” or Northern European. And it is not surprising, because the word “Nordic” is based on the root “Nord” - north.
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Men of Nordic appearance: Vikings of our time
Male appearance of the Nordic, northern type is in great demand today. And there are quite objective reasons for this. Our time is the time of business: strict, serious, enterprising people. This is exactly the feeling that typical Nordic faces evoke.
What does Nordic appearance mean? Its most indicative feature: an elongated, long skull, due to which a person looks concentrated and stern, even stern. This effect is further enhanced by a strongly protruding chin, a straight nose, and almost vertical cheekbones. One of distinctive features- convex back of the head.
As you understand, such a “message” serves as an excellent bonus, for example, when looking for a job or in managing own business. Of course, after quite a short time his merits will no longer be judged by his appearance, but by his deeds, but no one has canceled the importance of the first impression!
Nordic appearance of a woman: The Snow Queen
Girls of Nordic appearance often give the impression of fairies from a fairy tale: their beauty is cold, a little distant. This is partly due to the very light skin and blond hair. Partly, associations with the characters of Scandinavian folklore: fairies, elves and mermaids are evoked by their elongated faces, devoid of both cheeks and pronounced cheekbones.
Paradoxically, the appearance of a Scandinavian woman practically loses its masculine brutality, inflexibility and severity. Despite the fact that they are cold and do not give the impression of being soft, they are at the same time sophisticated, aristocratic, and gentle.
Nordic type of appearance: how to become what you want
Of course, Nordic appearance alone will not make a person beautiful: the face must be harmonious and proportionate, only then will all the features of Scandinavian appearance play on you.
Achieving harmonious features is not an easy task, because sometimes we ourselves don’t understand what doesn’t suit us in a face. It seems like if you look carefully: everything in itself is wonderful, but in general the appearance does not produce the effect that we would like.
What to do? As strange as it may seem, go to a plastic surgeon.
But not fully revealed, I want to bring to your attention more full version racial types of Caucasians using examples of famous people.
Mediterranean type (Atlanto-Mediterranean)
One of the main racial types of Caucasians, which, in turn, consists of several subraces. There is no way to consider each of them in detail, so we will focus on the main one.
Mediterraneans are dark-pigmented, short in stature, thin in build (ecto/mesomorphic), hair color from dark brown to black, dark eye color (black, brown, light brown, yellow), their faces are high or medium in height, their jaw is narrow, graceful , dolicho/mesocephaly (protruding back of the head), full lips, a thin nose, brow ridges are present, but less pronounced than in Nordids, the bridge of the nose is high, can be either straight or slightly convex with a hump.
They are the population of most of the Iberian Peninsula, southwestern France, southern and central Italy, southern and eastern Greece, the Mediterranean islands, and are often found in Latin America, the United States, and among Sephardi Jews.
Representatives of this type
Antonio Banderas
Murilo Benicio
Penelope Cruz
Salma Hayek
Gloria Pires
Olivia Palermo
Paleo - Atlantis
This type of Caucasian is the oldest indigenous population of the Atlantic coast. People of this type are dolichocephalic, tall and of medium height, mesomorphic build, the length of the body is often longer than the legs. Have wide face with a prominent chin, low forehead and developed brow ridges. Men have thick and thick eyebrows, often fused, and strong growth of body hair. The nose is usually rounded and wide. Hair is black or dark brown, eyes are brown or black, skin is dark.
They are part of the indigenous population of all countries along the Atlantic coast. The highest concentration is in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Norway (Tydal type).
This type in pure form already rare, it most often occurs in a mixed form or as an influence on one or another racial type. Examples of types with Paleo-Atlantean influence:
Aidan Turner
Colin Farrell
Danny O'Donoghue
Chris de Burgh
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Victoria Beckham
Nancho Novo
Borreby
Borreby (Danish Borreby - Borreby) is one of the most common anthropological type of the Caucasian race, phenotypically close to representatives of the Baltic racial type. Distributed in Central, Western and Northern Europe. In principle, these are almost the Baltids from my previous post, but they differ from them in some massiveness.
The type was identified by anthropologist Carlton Kuhn. Kuhn o Borreby "Today this type seems to be a significant racial element in central and northern Germany, with branches in other territories. However, its German form is never as pronounced as in the north. In this sense, this type is transitional to the Alpine type on the one hand and to the Baltic type on the other." Borreby among the Danes is up to 40%, among the Belgians - 35%, among the Germans -25%, especially in the Rhine and Ruhr region, among the Dutch - 20%. There is information about the spread of Borrebi among Lithuanians and among the Poles of Pomerania.
Borrebi is characterized by light pigmentation of hair and eyes, a large and round head with a sloping forehead, a low and wide face, and a small, medium-width nose. Height is average or below average, body type is endomorphic and mesomorphic.
Examples in photographs:
Emma Bunton
Kirsten Dunst and her husband Jesse Plemons, both Borrebies
Dakota Fanning
Lily Cole
Isabella Miko - Polish actress
Swedish girl
Eamon Owens
Zach Galifianakis
Jon Arne Riise - Norwegian footballer
Brendan Gleeson
Jeremy Renner
Eckhart Tolle - German writer
Charles Hendry - British politician
Winston Churchill
Brunn
Part of the population of North-West Europe, especially common among the Irish and British. Brunn is similar to Borrebi, but more graceful overall, and also resembles our Baltids/Western Baltids. The skin is usually light, sometimes freckled, does not tan well, hair color can vary from dark brown to light, red hair is common, and light eyes. The face has soft features, but is well profiled with a prominent chin, the shape of the nose can be either straight or concave. Mesocephals. Height is medium to tall. Body type: mesomorphic.
Daniel Craig
Jimmy Simpson
Dominic Monaghan
Rupert Grint
Amy Adams
Lindsay Lohan (Irish ancestry)
Miley Cyrus (has Scottish, Irish, English roots)
Eastern Baltids
It is a mistake to believe that this type is more common among Russians, Finno-Ugric people and among part of the population mixed with Lapoids in Scandinavian countries. In the last post there were more examples of Russians and Finno-Ugric people, now I will give examples of Germans and British. Here is what anthropologist K. Kuhn writes about the East Baltic racial type: “The term “East Baltic” is correctly applied to a composite racial type, widespread mainly in northeastern Germany, Poland, the Baltic states, Finland, although in the form of special cases it is found in Sweden and other regions. This is a partially reduced descendant of the Borreby (Baltid) type with an admixture of lapoid and Nordic types."
"Field Marshal von Hindenburg, originally from East Prussia, classic sample East Baltic racial type, to which the majority of Prussian land-owning Junkers belong." K. Kuhn.
So, as we see, this is complete nonsense about the Germans, who are “true Aryans” and one and all Nordics. Let's look further.
Konrad Leimer - Austrian footballer
Holger Badstuber is a German footballer. In my opinion, they are both very similar to the Russian football player Andrei Arshavin.
Evan Stewart
Frederick Lau - German actor
Kate Nesbitt - British female sailor
Kate Moss - there is something Eastern Baltic about her
Haley Bennett - British-born American actress
Anna Maxwell Martin - British actress
Sandra Hüller - German actress
Ylva Johansson - Swedish Minister of Integration
Jennifer Lawrence - her “Russianness” is the influence of the Eastern Baltic type on the features of her appearance.
Alpine racial type
The Alpine race is a small race within the Caucasoid race. Isolated at the end of the 19th century. French anthropologist Georges Lapouge. It is found throughout Eastern Europe and Western Europe in the north of the Balkan Peninsula, Switzerland, France, southern Germany and northern Italy. The Alpine race is distinguished by its wide distribution and great diversity.
The Alpine race is characterized by average and below average height, mesomorphic and endomorphic physique. A low and wide face, a steep forehead with weakly defined brow ridges, severe brachycephaly, round face, small thick nose, dark pigmentation of hair and eyes, dark skin.
In my previous post, the Alpine racial type was examined using the examples of the Slavs. Here I will give examples of this type among the inhabitants of Western Europe, mainly.
"The Alpine race in Germany The Alpine race in Germany The Alpinids are reduced representatives of the Upper Paleolithic type; they are usually of medium height, with rounded shapes; their heads are medium-sized, rounded, their faces are characteristically round, and their facial features are slightly infantile. The pigmentation of the Alpinids varies from very light to dark, but usually medium. The Alpinids represent a revival of brachycephalized and partially foetalized Upper Paleolithic types, common in the highlands and forests of Europe and Asia, from the Pyrenees to the Pamirs. The Alpinids stand at the origins of all or almost all brachycephalic racial types inhabiting these territories. The territorial distribution of alpinids is not the result of invasions or expansion, but the result of parallel evolution. The area with the largest concentration of alpinids in Europe is southern Germany. The largest the best place in the world to search for alpinids - the Bavarian bar." K. Kuhn.
Munich. Vintage postcard.
Geli Raubal - Hitler's niece
Leon Degrelle - Belgian military leader and far-right politician during the 2nd World War
Hugo Boss
Rainer Werner Fassbinder - German film director
Anders Ekborg - Swedish actor
Thomas Anders
Pavel Travnichek
Daniel Bruhl
Demi Lovato
Susan Hoeke - German actress
Malin Buska - Swedish actress
Victoria Justice
Christina Ricci
Ciara Tucker (Canadian model)
Jacqueline Kennedy
Dinarid
The Dinaric racial type is one of the main types of southern Caucasians, which got its name in honor of the Dinaric Alps. territory from France to Ukraine, capturing the south of Europe. “Epicenter” is in the Balkans. The term was introduced at the beginning of the twentieth century by the French anthropologist I. Deniker. Deniker highlighted following signs Dinaric race: high growth, brachycephaly, dark brown or black hair, straight, thin or aquiline nose, oblong face. Later, other researchers pointed to such typical characteristics as a slender physique, strong growth of hair on the body and face, and a flat nape.
In the works of modern domestic anthropologists, the Dinaric complex is understood as a combination of features characteristic primarily of the mountain population of Yugoslavia, mainly Montenegrins - increased massiveness of the skull and physique, large facial features, a very wide face and head.
The Dinaric type is widespread in Europe from France to Ukraine, covering the south of Europe. "Epicenter" is in the Balkans.
Yiannis Voglis, Greek old movie actor
Greek football players, all Dinaric in this photo
Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian football player
Marko Jaric
Eric Cantona
Alexis Georgoulis, Greek actor
Elena Paparizou - Greek singer
Emina Cunmulaj (top model of Albanian origin)
Dalofalid or cromanid
Dalofalidae cannot be counted among the main races of modern Europe, although they are often found in a number of places in northwestern Europe, most of all in Germany. Some consider it a relic of the Paleolithic population of Europe, others - a variety of the Nordic race. Dalofalids are tall, but people of this race are not so slender as they are heavy and big-boned. The body type is mesomorphic and endomorphic.
A wide face is combined with dolicho- and mesocephaly. The face is relatively low, square, massive and wide cheekbones, the nose is short, straight or slightly curved. The mouth is wide. The eyes are deep-set and appear small, the bridge of the nose is deepened.
The hair is light, with a tendency towards reddish tones. The eyes are light, but more gray than blue.
Brad Pitt
Gisele Bundchen
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Dolph Lundgren
Casper Van Dien
Dieter Bohlen
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Til Schweiger
Donald Trump
Angela Merkel
Oliver Kahn
Nordid
People of the Nordic type of appearance have a slender and beautiful not only face, but also a skull. The man looks quite stern and concentrated. If a person wears long hair, then this is not very noticeable, but in the absence of hair or with very short haircut Such a feature of appearance as an elongated narrow skull is very striking. In the area of the temples the head is even narrower, one gets the impression that it is in this place squeezed. If we talk about facial features, it is worth noting that the eyes are set quite deep, the nose does not protrude very much, which cannot be said about the chin. The forehead is tilted back, the bridge of the nose is narrow, the eyebrows are almost even. Lips are thin. Characteristic is the convex back of the head, which is clearly visible in profile. It seems that with such facial features the cheekbones should be quite pronounced, but this is not the case. Among representatives of the Nordic race, they are almost vertical, so they are invisible.
Hair and eyes are exceptionally light, most often blue. Hair color can be either golden wheat or various shades light brown with a cool undertone. The structure of the hair is soft and slightly curly.
The type is rare in pure form, but is often found in mixtures with various of the types. Height: tall. Body type: ectomorphic. Highest concentration: in Sweden and Northern Europe.
Alexander Skarsgård (predominantly Nordic type)
Gabriel Aubry
Johannes Huebl
Armie Hammer
Paul Bettany
Paul Newman
Prince Philip
Nene von Schlebrugge
Grace Kelly (mostly Nordic type, but there is some softness of facial features characteristic of the Baltids)
Tippi Hedren
Charlize Theron
Nordids, with signs of other racial types
Nordid + Borreby
Margot Robbie
Sub-Nordids
Sub-Nordid is a Central European type that combines the features of Nordid and Alpinid. Formed on the border of the areas of the Nordic and Alpine races. It differs from the classic Nordid by an average head height, a straight or sloping forehead, there is more soft tissue on the face, more wide nose, more dark hair, average height. Eye color can be either light or dark. Distributed in countries where the Nordic race comes into contact with the Alpine race - in Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, northern Italy and in a number of countries in Eastern Europe.
I couldn’t find any typing of celebrities based on this type, so my examples are as I see them:
Karel Gott
Isabella Rossellini
Clark Gable
Alain Delon
3. Norid (Nordid + Dinarid) and Celtic Nordid
These two types are so similar to each other that even experts find it difficult to clearly define them.
Norid combines features of both Nordid and Dinarid. Distributed in places of contact between the two races that form the type - throughout Central Europe: eastern France, Switzerland, Austria, northern Italy, southern Germany (Bavaria), Czech Republic, Slovakia, southern Poland, northern Balkan Peninsula, western Ukraine. Norids differ from ordinary Dinarids by light pigmentation of the skin, hair and eyes, and from Nordids by brachycephaly, a Dinaric facial angle, a hump nose, a heavier upper eyelid and a more sloping forehead.
Massimo Carrera
Francesco Totti
And here Celtic Nordic:
Celtic Nordic - Western European Nordic type. Resembles the Norida, but has meso/dolichocephaly and overall more Nordic features. It differs from the Nordid by a strongly protruding nose with a hump, a more inclined forehead, a more dark color hair (dark blond, chestnut), often darker eyes.
Examples of Celtic Nordic, taken from anthropological forums:
Ralph Fiennes
Mel Gibson
Matthew McConaughey
Dolores O'Riordan
Princess Diana
4. Atlantis and Northern Atlantis
Nordoatlantis (Northern Atlantis) is a more Nordized version of the usual Mediterranean type, which can even be called an exotic variety of the Nordic race. Combines both Nordic features - tall height, light skin pigmentation, light eyes, and Mediterranean - dark hair, a longer and wider nose, more elongated face, more full lips, more round shape protruding nape. The type is very close to our northern Pontids.
Distributed throughout Western Europe - in Great Britain, Ireland, France, Belgium, found in northern Spain, sometimes in southwestern Germany and Switzerland, less often in Italy.
Liv Tyler
Jennifer Connelly
Model from Sweden
Angelina Jolie
Matt Bomer
Kostas Martakis
As for the usual Atlantis, then this is the same type, only with brown or black eyes, brown-eyed and dark-haired Nordic.
Iranian (Middle Eastern) Nordid
A subtype of the Nordic racial type in places not typical of Nordics - in the Middle East and Central Asia. Iranian-Nordics usually appear either in closed mountain populations, untouched by mixing since the time of the ancient Indo-Europeans (Pashtuns, Kalash), or as a random burst of genes (in most cases). It arose as a result of the migrations of Nordic Indo-European tribes to the South and Southeast. Subsequently, it was heavily mixed with local racial types and was almost never preserved at the population level (with rare exceptions); it often manifests itself not in its pure form, but as an influence. It may carry the gene pool of Middle Eastern races, even if outwardly (phenotypically) Near Eastern features are not manifested. Found in Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Syria, Lebanon. In Central Asia it is found in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and also in northern India. It is often observed among Ashkenazi Jews.
Kivanc Tatlitug
It is worth talking about several more main types of Caucasians, common in Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Middle East.
Caucasion
The indigenous type in the North Caucasus and neighboring regions, sometimes found mixed with Alpids, Pontids and Baltids. The type is typical for the Georgian and Abkhaz populations, and is also common among Chechens, Ingush and Ossetians. Height: tall, body type from endomorphic to mesomorphic. Brachycephaly, hair color from light brown to black. Eyes brown, gray. The nose is large, straight or convex, lips are full. The forehead is low, the face is wide and angular.
Type examples:
Armenid or Western Asian type
A set of characteristics common to of this type, was identified in many areas among the modern population of Western Asia and the Caucasus. People of the Central Asian race are of medium and short stature, stocky, short-headed, with a steep nape; the face is of medium width, with a strongly protruding massive nose, curved downward or hooked in the cartilaginous part, with a fleshy tip. The lips are quite fleshy. The eyes are brown, with bulging eyelids. The hair is brown or black, usually wavy, often curly. The body hair is very developed, the eyebrows are dense, often fused on the bridge of the nose.
Western Asians, except Armenia, are found among the population of the entire Middle East, Turkey, and Greece. This racial type is also common among Jews, found among them both in pure form and in combination with other signs of Caucasoid types.
Frunzik Mkrtchyan, a bright representative of the Western Asian type
Aristotle Onassis
Boris Berezovsky
Robert Kardashian
Armen Yeritsyan
P.S. I tried to talk about the main types, other types of Caucasians from the Caucasus, the Middle East, India and North Africa no longer fit into the post. Part of the post was cut off(
