North Andid
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| Similar Types | Pueblid, Maya, Isthmid, Bororo, Central Andid, South Andid |
| Group | Andid |
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Description
The most important and numerous Andid subvariety, adapted to the high altitudes of the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Andes. Typified by Quechua. The dominant element in the ancient Inca Empire � the largest in pre-Columbian America. Still the most numerous Native American type even today with more than 10 million individuals.[1]
Physical Traits
Medium, sometimes dark olive-brown skin with straight, sometimes wavy hair. Short, mesoskelic, endomorph to mesomorph with a large thorax, an adaption to the high altitude. Meso- brachycephalic, hypsicranic, rather small-headed. Mildly leptorrhine, long and often hooked nose that may appear Orientaliform. Large and long face with marked features, especially in men, often giving a serious expression. Chin relatively prominent, forehead receding. Eyes mildly slanted.