Paleo Sardinian
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| Similar Types | Paleo Atlantid, Gracile Mediterranid, Canarid, Berberid |
| Group | Mediterranid |
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Description
Ancient type, was widespread in Central Europe during the Neolithic, has survived as a minority element in the mountains of the Italian island of Sardinia. Morphologically similar to Berberid, although significantly gracilised and genetically different. Both show a Paleo Mediterranean state. Similar traces exist in Perigord (France), Aegean islands, Eastern Sicily, Southern Calabria, and Southern Turkey.[1]
Physical Traits
Light brown skin, straight to wavy dark, abundant hair. Short, meso- to endomorph, mesoskelic. Chamae- orthocranic, dolichocephalic, rather small-headed. Short, frequently concave, mildly leptorrhine or mesorrhine nose with a depressed bridge. Features coarse, hardly reduced. Face wide and low, significant supraorbital arches, forehead and hairline low, deep-set eyes, prognathy mild, jaw size modest.