Sudano Guinesid
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| Similar Types | Senegalid, Sudanid, Casamance, Equatorial Sudanid, Guinesid, Guineo Camerunian |
| Group | Congolid, Sudanid |
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Description
Transitional type between Sudanid and Guinesid, common in West Africa. Although it is just a contact type, it is sometimes separated from the two main varieties, because it is very numerous and the dominant element in many ethnic groups. Found from Senegal to Mali, Ivory Coast, Benin, Nigeria, and Western Cameroon. Common in Mandinka, Mandjak, Fon, Dyula, Ekoi, Gurma, Balanta, Baga, Mankanya, Yoruba, Yalunka, Karaboro, Wamey, and many others. This is the most common phenotype among African Americans.[1]
Physical Traits
Dark brown skin, kinky hair. Variable features. Either tall and mesoskelic or medium height and brachyskelic, usually mesomorph. Dolichocephalic, mildly hypsicranic with a strongly platyrrhine, sometimes funnel-shaped nose. The face is relatively large with big lips, but thinner than in Sudanid proper. Body hair weak. Prognathous.