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| description = North African steppe type that is usually regarded as part of Orientalid. Although Arab invasions enhanced the Orientalid element in Africa during the 7th and 11th century, this type results from much earlier migrations and was already present in the ancient Libyan Garamantes. Still common across the steppes of Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, sometimes Algeria, occasionally in the Sahara and in Andalusia. Closely linked to Targid, which can be regarded as its desert variety.
| description = North African steppe type that is usually regarded as part of Orientalid. Although Arab invasions enhanced the Orientalid element in Africa during the 7th and 11th century, this type results from much earlier migrations and was already present in the ancient Libyan Garamantes. Still common across the steppes of Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, sometimes Algeria, occasionally in the Sahara and in Andalusia. Closely linked to Targid, which can be regarded as its desert variety.
| traits = Light brown skin, often wavy black hair. Rather tall, brachy- mesoskelic, ectomorph. Dolichocephalic, chamaecranic with a round occiput. Long face, dark eyes, big mouth, and an often convex, hyperleptorrhine and prominent nose. The interorbital distance is relatively small, features are much finer than in Berberid.
| traits = Light brown skin, often wavy black hair. Rather tall, brachy- mesoskelic, ectomorph. Dolichocephalic, chamaecranic with a round occiput. Long face, dark eyes, big mouth, and an often convex, hyperleptorrhine and prominent nose. The interorbital distance is relatively small, features are much finer than in Berberid.
| similar = [[Egyptid]], [[Trans Mediterranid]], [[Targid]], [[Arabid]]
| similar = [[Egyptid]], [[Trans Mediterranid]], [[Targid]], [[Arabid]], [[Cappadocian]]
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[[Category:Orientalid]]
[[Category:Orientalid]]

Latest revision as of 16:22, 30 April 2026

Libyid
Similar Types Egyptid, Trans Mediterranid, Targid, Arabid, Cappadocian
Group Orientalid
Distribution Map

Description

North African steppe type that is usually regarded as part of Orientalid. Although Arab invasions enhanced the Orientalid element in Africa during the 7th and 11th century, this type results from much earlier migrations and was already present in the ancient Libyan Garamantes. Still common across the steppes of Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, sometimes Algeria, occasionally in the Sahara and in Andalusia. Closely linked to Targid, which can be regarded as its desert variety.[1]

Physical Traits

Light brown skin, often wavy black hair. Rather tall, brachy- mesoskelic, ectomorph. Dolichocephalic, chamaecranic with a round occiput. Long face, dark eyes, big mouth, and an often convex, hyperleptorrhine and prominent nose. The interorbital distance is relatively small, features are much finer than in Berberid.



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