Isthmid
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| Similar Types | Pueblid, Maya, [[Choc�-Motilon]], North Amazonid, North Andid, West Amazonid |
| Group | Centralid |
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Description
Centralid proper, that has partially adapted to the tropical forests of the Isthmus of Panama and the surrounding regions from Colombia to Mexico. Played a significant role in the ancient Maya civilisation. However, the most typical groups live farther South and include the Mayangna, Pech, Kuna, Naso, Bokota, and related people. Today it’s usually found mixed with Africoid and Europoid types across Central America.[1]
Physical Traits
Medium (yellowish) brown skin, straight or slightly wavy hair. Short, sometimes very short or even pygmoid, mesoskelic, ectomorph to endomorph. Often hyperbrachycephalic, mildly hypsicranic. Mesorrhine button nose. Faces small and round with infantile features. Mouth wide, forehead narrow, eyes mildly slanting.