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Central Andid
Similar Types North Andid, South Amazonid, South Andid, Pampid
Group Andid
Distribution Map

Description

Andid variety, mostly native the Andes mountains from South Peru to Northern Chile. The large thorax and other traits indicate a significant adaption to high altitude. Typified by Aymara. Also common in Southern Quechua and Diaguita, sometimes in other Andean people like Uros, Peruvians, and Mapuche. Survived European colonisation relatively well and is still a dominant type of modern Bolivia.[1]

Physical Traits

Medium olive-brown skin, straight, rarely wavy hair. (Rather) short, endomorph, macroskelic with a very large thorax. Hypsicranic, meso- brachycephalic, rather small-headed. Mildly leptorrhine, sometimes long and convex nose. Compared to North Andid, body and face more robust, cheekbones stronger, face flatter, slanting eyes and Mongolian folds more frequent. Chin relatively prominent, forehead receding.



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