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Senoid

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Senoid
Similar Types North Gondid, Khmerid, Vedda, Semangid, Jahai Semangid, Toalid
Group Veddid
Distribution Map

Description

East Veddid type, native to the forests of South-East Asia. Was more widespread in historic times and has probably pushed back the even older Negritids. Today a few relict populations remain. Typified by the Senoi (Semai, Temiar, Mahmeri, Chewong...) of the Malay Peninsula. Common in Moken, Degar, Porr, and Shompen. More mixed in Khmer, Sumatrans, Ka, Chinbok, and their neighbours.[1]

Physical Traits

Medium to dark brown skin, wavy to curly hair. Short, ectomorph, mildly brachyskelic. Mesocephalic, sometimes dolichocephalic, mildly hypsicranic, small-headed. Mesorrhine, sometimes very short nose. Features often infantile, especially in women. Males may show a receding forehead and superciliary arches. Mild to significant prognathy common, chin slightly receding.



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