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| Similar Types | [[Choc�-Motilon]], Lagoa Santa, Pampid, Botocudo, South Fuegid, Patagonid |
| Group | Lagid |
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Description
Northern Fuegid variety that is often considered part of the Lagoid group. Shows Melanesiform features and probably arrived with one of the earliest migrations to America. Native to the Argentinian Cuyo and the Bolivian savannahs. Typified by Huarpe, common in Sirion� and the almost-gone Comeching�nes. More mixed in Uros. Was common in Pre-Colombian times, but numbers only a few hundred today.[1]
Physical Traits
Medium, sometimes dark brown skin, often with wavy hair. (Rather) tall, mesoskelic, relatively ectomorph body. Dolichocephalic, sometimes mesocephalic, large-headed, hypsicranic. Mesorrhine. The face is long with visible supraorbital ridges. Sometimes mild prognathy. Body hair is relatively strong.