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Anglo-Saxon

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Anglo-Saxon
Similar Types Hallstatt, [[Tr�nder]], North Atlantid, Dalofaelid, Keltic Nordid, Paleo Atlantid
Group Nordid
Distribution Map

Description

North-West European type, similar to Tr�nder, but with a stronger Hallstatt component. Was typified by the ancient Germanic tribes of Angles, Saxons, and Jutes who conquered Britain from the 5th century on. Most common today in East England, but also Frisia (Netherlands), North-West Germany, West Denmark, and parts of Northern France and Ireland.[1]

Physical Traits

Pale skin, straight to curly, often blonde, sometimes red or brown hair with light(-mixed) eyes. Rather tall, mesoskelic, ectomorph to mesomorph. Mesocephalic, chamae- orthocranic with narrower faces and more roundish features than Tr�nder, and more robust features than Hallstatt as well as more prominent cheek-bones. Nose is hyperleptorrhine, the forehead high.



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