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From Physical Anthropology

The number of human phenotypes in the world is a matter of debate among authors and researchers. However, this page aims to provide a comprehensive list of types that have been recognized by this community and deemed worthy of a page on this wiki for ease of navigation. The types are categorized according to the groups they belong to, rather than their geographical location, as the boundaries of phenotype distribution can be ambiguous and span several regions.

It is important to note that some pages have not yet been created (these are marked in red), but are generally accepted as phenotypes or sub-phenotypes. Additionally, some phenotypes may appear in multiple groups as they can belong to more than one category.

Also note that this list is not exhaustive and may change as new information becomes available and more articles are created. However, it provides a starting point for those interested in learning more about the diverse world of phenotypes.

Khoisanid (Capoid) types

Very ancient phenotypes, typical for Khoi and San peoples in Southern Africa.
Typical for the San (formerly known as Bushmen) peoples in the western parts of South Africa and Namibia.
Typical for the Khoi peoples in the western parts of South Africa and Namibia.
A specialized desert phenotype native to the Kalahari Basin.

Tanzanian Khoid

Some indigenous groups in Tanzania speak isolated languages that have traditionally been described as "Khoi-San". They are completely different to the Bantu peoples who make up the majority of the country.
  • Sandawe, a Khoid subtype mixed with Bantuid and Ethiopid.

Africoid types

Types of peoples indigenous to the African continent south of the Sahara who are comparatively more recent than the Khoisanid types listed above. Sometimes the term "Negroid" is used (as in the name of the wiki category to which the following types belong), but this term may be considered dated and offensive.
More ancient types, typical for the Pygmy peoples (sometimes called the "Forest Peoples") of the forests of Central Africa.
  • East Bambutid, or Bambutid proper, representing the Mbuti.
  • West Bambutid, a more western variety, representing the Mbenga.
  • Twa–Cwa, a more southern variety, mixed with Congolid.
  • Hadza, Isolated Bantuid and Bambutid type.

Southern Africoid

A super-category that includes both the Bantuid types (which make up the majority of Southern Africa) and far less populous types in the region that predate the Bantu and their ancient expansion.
Typical for the Bantu peoples of Africa, especially in the southern part. Many speakers of Bantu languages belong to more northern phenotypes such as Congolid.
  • North Bantuid, a northern variety in East Africa. Most common in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and surrounding regions.
  • Central Bantuid, a central variety in the southern parts of Central Africa. Most common in Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
    • Chopi–Tswana, a more southern Central Bantuid type. Most common in Botswana and parts of South Africa.
  • South Bantuid, a southern variety in South Africa. Most common among the Zulu and Swazi in South Africa and Eswatini. Comprises of a few subtypes.
  • West bantuid,Is variant western influencated of congolesid, typical of angola
    • Fengu–Pondo, a more southern South Bantuid type. Most common in Lesotho and parts of South Africa.
    • Xhosaid, a more southeastern South Bantuid type. Most common among the Xhosa in South Africa. They are more mixed with Khoisanids, specifically those of the Sanid variety.
    • Insular Bantuid, variety of bantuid influencated of deuteromalayd, typical of west coast Madagascar

Western Africoid

Another super-category that includes the similar Congolid and Sudanid types of Central and West Africa, representing the northern branches of the Niger–Congo language family. These are the types with which many Westerners will be more familiar, as most of the ancestors of Black Americans (in the sense of Black people in the Western Hemisphere) came from these parts of Africa, so they tend to have these phenotypes.
Typical for peoples indigenous to the forests of Central and West Africa.
  • Congolesid, or Congolid proper. Most common in both Congos and neighbouring regions.
  • West Congolesid, a more western variety. Most common in Gabon, Cameroon and neighbouring regions.
  • Guinesid, a more northern variety, most common in the southern forests of West Africa: Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Nigeria and Cameroon.
    • Guineo-Camerunian, a similar type found in the same regions, with more Congolesid elements.
    • Sudano-Guinesid, a more northern type found between the Sahel and the West African forests (especially Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso and Nigeria), mixed with Sudanid. This may be the most common phenotype of African Americans, whose mixed West African ancestors came from regions with both Sudanid and Guinesid populations.
      • Casamance, a far-western Sudano-Guinesid type. Most common in the Senegalese region after which it is named.
  • Mundu–Mangbeto, a more eastern variety, somewhat mixed with Nilo-Hamitic and Bambutic. Most common in the eastern Central African Republic.
Typical for peoples indigenous to the savannahs of Western Africa and occasionally regions to the north and east of it.
  • Sudanid, or Sudanid proper. Most common in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and neighbouring regions.
    • Bobo, a Sudanid type found closer to the centre of the regions listed above. Most common in parts of Burkina Faso.
    • Senegalid, a more western Sudanid type, most common in Senegal and the Gambia.
  • Equatorial Sudanid, a more eastern variety, mixed with Congolid. Most common in the Central African Republic and neighbouring regions.
  • Shari, a more eastern variety, mixed with Nilotid. Most common in Chad.
  • East Sudanid, a far-eastern variety found in Sudan.
  • Middle Nile, a newer, more northeastern variety, mixed with various types common in Egypt.
  • Fezzanid, a newer, more northwestern variety, mixed with Berberid and other types common in the Maghreb region.
Typical for peoples indigenous to the savannahs of Eastern Africa, especially by the Nile River. Nilotid (or Nilotic, linguistically speaking) people are most associated with the newly-independent nation of South Sudan.
  • Pre Nilotid, the oldest Nilotid type, now found northeast of Nilotids proper.
  • Dinkaid, or Nilotid proper. Most common in South Sudan.
    • Shillukid, found in the same regions and extremely similar to Dinkaid.
  • South Nilotid, a more southern variety. Most common in Nilotic-speaking areas in Uganda and Kenya, such as the Luo.
  • Nilo-Hamitic, a more eastern variety, mixed with Ethiopid.
  • North Nilotid, Northern nilotid type with ethiopid and orientalid admixture, typical of Chad and Sudan, Is found in fur and baggara people
Typical for Northeast Africans, specifically from the deserts of the Horn region.
Mostly minority groups of the northeastern parts of Africa, who emerged earlier than the more populous Ethiopid varieties.
  • Proto-Ethiopid, or Proto-Ethiopid proper, found in the north.
  • Omotic, found in the southwest, among speakers of the Omotic language family.
  • Maasai, found farther to the south, among the Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania.
  • Paleo-Saharid, found in the far-west, i.e., in the Sahara desert.

Ethiopid proper

The phenotypes in this category have also been traditionally seen as part of the Caucasoid group in addition to Negroid.
  • East Ethiopid, or Ethiopid proper. Most common among the Somali people of Somalia and parts of Ethiopia and Kenya.
    • Danakil, a more northeastern type. Most common in Djibouti and neighbouring desert regions.
  • Central Ethiopid, a more central variety. Most common in Ethiopia.
  • North Ethiopid, a more northern or northwestern variety. Most common in Eritrea.
    • Siwa, a distinct variety of North Ethiopid in the western desert of Egypt. Can also be considered a Berberid type as most people with this phenotype are of the Siwi ethnicity.
  • South Ethiopid, a more southern variety. Most common among the Tutsi people of Rwanda and Burundi, who are not speakers of Ethiopian languages but Bantu.
  • Saharan Ethiopid, a more western variety, found in the same desert areas as Paleo-Saharid above.
  • West Ethiopid, a far-western variety. Most common in the western Sahel regions, especially in Mauritania.
    • Moorish, a more northwestern West Ethiopid type, mixed with Berberid. Most common in Western Sahara.

Europoid (Caucasoid) types

Types of peoples indigenous to Europe and West/South Asia (a region that some geneticists group together as "Western Eurasia"), as well as North Africa. Sometimes the term "Caucasoid" is used (as in the name of the wiki category to which the following types belong), but the attested term "Europoid" is slightly more inclusive, although not all phenotypes within this category are native to the European continent.
A super-category referring to the Mediterranean phenotypes, as well as types from east of and outside the Mediterranean that show some similarity to them.
Mediterranoid group, typical for much of the Indian Subcontinent (South Asia).
  • Gracile Indid, or Indid proper. Most common in India, especially where Indo-Aryan languages are spoken.
    • Sinhalesid, a more southern Gracile Indid type. Most common in Sri Lanka.
  • Keralid, a southern variety between the Gracile and North Indid types. Most common in Kerala.
  • North Indid, a more northern variety. Most common in Pakistan and among North Indians like Punjabis.
    • Toda, a far-southern North Indid variety, in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu by speakers of the Dravidian Toda language.
  • Mountain Indid, a far-northern variety. Most common in the mountainous areas of South Asia, such as Kashmir and Nepal.
Indo-Brachid
Brachycephalic variations of Indid phenotypes, most common in areas surrounding the main area of Indid population.
  • Indo-Brachid, a western variety, mixed with Turanid and Armenoid. Most common in Pakistan and Western India.
  • Central Brachid, a central variety, mixed with Turanid and Alpinid. Most common in parts of Central India and Nepal.
  • East Brachid, an eastern variety, mixed with South Mongolid. Most common in Bangladesh and Northeast India.
Typical for a lot of the peoples of Southern India. Some may assume a link to Dravidian identity through this phenotype; however, not all speakers of Dravidian languages are of the Indo-Melanid phenotype. The Indo-Melanid phenotypes are, on the whole, mixed with the Indid types that surround them (see above).
  • Karnatid, or Indo-Melanid proper. Most common among the Tamil people.
  • Malabarese, a more western variety. Though not technically an Indo-Melanid type, it does qualify by virtue of being a more recent mix of Indid and Veddid. Most common in parts of Kerala.
  • Kolid, a more northern variety, found among speakers of the northern Dravidian languages.
Mediterranoid group, typical for much of West Asia (the Middle East) and North Africa and associated with speakers of Afro-Asiatic languages, particularly Arabic. Many link these phenotypes to the Mediterranid types proper (see below).
  • Arabid, or Orientalid proper. Most common in the Middle East (particularly among speakers of Arabic), and has since spread to North Africa. Most common in Saudi Arabia and neighbouring regions (from Palestine on the west to Oman on the east).
    • Cappadocian, a more northern type, influenced by Gracile Mediterranid. Most common in Malta, but can also be found in areas of past (southern Spain and Italy) and present (Lebanon) Arab influence. Also exists to some extent in Turkey too.
    • Egyptid, a more western type, somewhat influenced by Berberid. Most common in Egypt.
    • Libyid, an Arabid type more western than that, found on the coasts of North Africa. Most common in Libya.
      • Targid, a Libyan subtype found in the Sahara desert among the Tuareg people.
  • Yemenid, or South Arabid, a more southern variety. Most common in Yemen.
  • Iranid, a more eastern variety, influenced by Arabid and Mediterranid. Most common throughout Iran.
    • Proto-Iranid, a more western Iranid type, influenced by Cromagnid and often placed with other Mediterranean types. Most common in Iraq among Kurds.
    • Indo-Iranid, a more eastern Iranid type, mixed with western Indid phenotypes. Most common in Afghanistan.
  • Assyroid, found throughout the Middle East, mixed with Armenoid. Most common in Iraq (especially in the Assyrian homeland), as well as Israel—many Jews are of the Assyroid phenotype.
The most typical group in the Mediterranoid category, representing the peoples of the areas surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. This group is divided into two categories, representing the age difference between the earliest Mediterranid varieties to emerge and the later ones.
Paleo-Mediterranid or Mediterranean–Cromagnid
  • Paleo-Sardinian, or Paleo-Mediterranean proper, found as a minority in Sardinia.
  • Berid, a more western variety. Common in Portugal and North Africa.
  • Dordogne: A variety found in Dordogne in France, associated with ancient Gauls. Very large headed.
  • Berberid, a more southwestern variety, representing the Amazigh (formerly Berber) peoples. Most common in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
  • Canarid, a far-southwestern variety, mixed with Nordid.
Mediterranean proper
  • Gracile Mediterranean or Mediterranean proper, found around the Mediterranean coasts, especially on the islands. Most common in Portugal, Spain and Italy.
  • Eurafricanid or Atlanto-Mediterranean, a taller, more robust variety. Most common in Portugal, Spain and parts of Northwestern Europe.
  • Trans-Mediterranid, a more southern variety, said to be an intermediate of Gracile and Atlanto-Mediterranean for North Africans and far-Southern Europeans.
  • Pontid, a more eastern and gracile variety (of the Atlanto-Mediterranean type). Most common in Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.
Mixed Mediterranean
  • Alpine–Mediterranean, mixed with Alpinid. Most common in France and Italy.
  • Litorid, mixed with Dinarid. Also shows Armenoid-like traits. Most common in Italy, Greece and Albania.
Typical for the peoples living in the mountainous regions of Eastern and Central Europe.
Typical for the peoples of the mountains of the Eurasian region between Asia and Europe. Armenoid populations also exist on either side of the mountain range due to such factors as migration.
  • Armenid, or Armenoid proper. Most common in Armenia, but whose influence can be felt throughout the Caucasus, Turkey and Southern Europe. Many people of the Levant (such as Jews and Syrians) are also of the Armenid type.
  • Campanian: Armenoid variant found in southern Italy, especially in Campania. Differs from Armenid proper in being shorter, having a stronger chin, and more developed brow ridges.
  • Mtebid, a more northern variety, mixed with Dinarid and Alpinid. Most common in Georgia and the Russian Caucasus.
  • Anatolid, a more southern or southwestern variety, mixed with Dinaro-Mediterranean. Most common in Turkey.
Typical for peoples native to the mountain areas of Central and Eastern Europe.
  • Dinarid, or Dinaroid proper. Most common in the former Yugoslavia but found throughout Europe.
  • Carpathid, found in the same areas as the Dinarid, but more common in the north, among the peoples of the Carpathians.
  • Norid, a more northern type, mixed with Nordid (or East Europid). Most common in Austria, Slovenia and neighbouring regions.
Typical for the peoples of the mountains of Europe, as well as neighbouring parts of Asia and Africa. Alpinoids are also part of the Cromagnid group, phenotypes of people descended from the Early Modern peoples of prehistoric Europe.
  • West Alpinid, or Alpinoid proper. Most common in France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Czechia and Slovenia.
  • Breton type, a rare Alpinoid variant. Found in Brittany and in the Basque country in France. Superficially resembles Scando-Lappid as a result of convergent evolution. Misclassified as a variant of "Scando-Lappid" by physical anthropologists.
  • Strandid, a more northern variety, influenced by Paleo-Atlantid. Most common in western Norway.
  • Gorid, a more eastern variety, influenced by Baltid. Common in Poland, Czechia and Slovakia.
    • Kthelid, a sub-variety of Gorid specifically for Albanians, influenced by Dinarid.
    • Pannonid, a sub-variety of Gorid in the Pannonian Basin, influenced by Pontid. Often light eyed.
  • East Alpinid, a far-eastern variety. Common in the mountains of West Asia, as in Turkey, Syria and Lebanon.
  • African Alpinoid, a far-southern variety. Common in mountains of North Africa, as in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
Typical for the peoples of Northern Europe, most notable for their light hair and eye colours compared with others.
  • Hallstatt, or Nordid proper. Most common in Sweden.

East Nordid

More eastern Nordid varieties, some of which can be found outside Europe.
  • Proto-Nordid, an ancient variety of Nordid that exists mostly as a minority in countries to the east of Sweden.
    • Danubian Nordid, a more western Proto-Nordid type.
    • Corded, a more eastern Proto-Nordid type, associated with the Corded ware culture.
    • Indo-Nordic, a Nordid type of South Asia, influenced by the local phenotypes.
  • Aisto-Nordid, a more eastern variety. Most common in Estonia.
  • Fenno-Nordid, a more northeastern variety, found among speakers of Uralic languages in Finland and Russia.

West Nordid

More western Nordid varieties, divided into two or three groups depending on the strength of Cromagnid influence.
More Cromagnid
  • Dalofaelid (Faelid), frequently described as "unreduced Cromagnid". Most common in Northern Germany, the Netherlands and parts of Scandinavia (especially Sweden).
    • Västmanland: Gracilized version of Dalofaelid, mostly found in Scandinavia.
  • Borreby, also described as "unreduced Cromagnid" and found in the same areas, more or less; mixed with Alpinid and East Europid. Most common in Northern Germany and parts of Scandinavia (especially Denmark and Norway), as well as England.
    • Balkan Borreby, a more southern Borreby type, found far away from areas where most Borreby people come from, namely the Balkans.
    • Bell-Beaker: A Borreby variant found mostly in the British Isles, probably introduced by the Bell-Beakers during the bronze age.
    • Walloons type: A Borreby-Alpinid intermediate, associated with the Walloon people.
  • Valle: Tronder subtype of Brünn predominance, found in Norway.
  • Brünn, a somewhat reduced and brachycephalized type, found mostly in the British Isles and the rest of Northern and Western Europe.
Less Cromagnid
  • Nordo-Cromagnid, an umbrella type of people with varying degrees of Nordid and Cromagnid admixture.
    • Trønder, a more eastern Nordo-Cromagnid type. Most common in Norway and Iceland.
      • Hardanger: Basically a Corded Nordid mixed with slight Cromagnid influence. It is mostly found in Norway.
    • Anglo-Saxon, a more western Nordo-Cromagnid type. Common in England.
      • Reihengraber: An ancient form of Anglo-Saxon. Similar but taller, more robust, and sometimes more brachycephalic. Associated with the ancient Germanic tribes.
      • Friterpian: A variant found in Frisia and northern Germany. Similar to Anglo-Saxon proper but with less Cromagnid influence.
  • Subnordid, a southern Nordo-Cromagnid type (as it is sometimes seen), mixed with Alpinid. Most common in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

Nordic-Mediterraneans

Various mixes of Nordic and Mediterranean. Taken together, these types form the most common phenotype in Great Britain and are among the most common in neighbouring areas (such as Ireland, France, the Benelux and even Germany).
  • Nordic–Mediterranean, A general term for mixtures of Nordid and Mediterranid. Common in western Europe. Often a mixture of North Atlantid (see below) and Atlanto-Mediterranean. Most common in France and Wales, among other places.
  • Atlantid, type between North Atlantid and Eurafricanid.
  • Keltic-Nordid, a predominantly Nordid type, with Dinarid and Mediterranid influences, common in the British Isles, the Benelux and Central Europe
    • North Atlantid, a Keltic-Nordid and Eurafricanid intermediate, common in the same areas as Keltic-Nordid
      • Baskid, an older, more south-western North Atlantid type, common among the Basques (and sometimes non-Basques) of northern Spain and southern France.
    • Aran, an extreme Keltic-Nordid variety found in the Aran Islands
  • North Pontid, a eastern Nordo-Mediterranean variety, really a mix of Pontid (a Mediterranean variety) with more northern phenotypes, such as East Europid and Nordid. Most common in Ukraine and southern Russia.
    • Polesid, a more northern North Pontid type, influenced by Pre-Slavic. Found in Central and Eastern Europe.
    • Ryazan: A North Pontid variant with stronger East Europid influences, mostly found in Russia.
Nordo-Mediterranid-Cromagnid
Another set of unreduced Cromagnid types that happen to be influenced by Nordic and Mediterranean elements.
  • Paleo-Atlantid, a modern revival of an ancient paleolithic strain from the mixture of the Eurafricanid and Brünn types
  • Tydal, the true modern Cromagnon type, most common today in Scandinavia.

Osteuropid

Typical for the peoples of Eastern Europe. In many cases, people of the East Europid phenotype can be seen as examples of reduced (or sometimes unreduced) Cromagnid types, as with Alpinoids.
  • Pre-Slavic, an older East Europid variety, found throughout Central Europe.
  • West Baltid, a more western type, another unreduced Cromagnid, found more to the east than other Cromagnids. Most common in Poland and the Baltics, such as Latvia and Lithuania.
  • East Baltid, a more eastern variety, or possibly East Europid proper.
    • Tavastid, the more western East Baltid type. Most common in Finland.
    • Savolaxid, the more eastern East Baltid type. Most common in more remote parts of Finland.
  • Neo-Danubian, another eastern variety, influenced by both Nordid and Ladogan. Most common among ethnic Russians and Belarusians.
  • Ladogan, a more northern type, mixed with Sibirid in the rural parts of northern Russia. Common among Khanty, Mansi, and Chuvash.
  • Volgid, a far-eastern type, mixed with Sibirid on the European side of the Ural mountains. It is common in Mari, Chuvash, Volga-Finns. More mixed in Udmurts, Finns, and Ryazan.
Typical for the peoples of the far-north of Europe, above the Arctic circle. Most people with the Lappid phenotype were previously known as Lapps; that name has since fallen out of favour and they prefer to be called Sámi or Saami.
  • Scando-Lappid, or Lappid proper. Most common among ethnic Sámi in Norway and Sweden.
  • North Lappid, a more northern or eastern type. Most common among ethnic Sámi in Finland and Russia.
Most typical of Turkic speakers centred in Central Asia and a more-or-less 50/50 mix of Europoid and Mongolid. However, not all people of the Turanid phenotype speak a Turkic language, nor are all Turkic speakers Turanids.
  • Central Pamirid, or Turanid proper. Most common in Tajikistan. This is around 50/50 Europoid and Mongolid.
  • Plains Pamirid, found in the plains of the same region. Has more Mongolid (Aralid) influence. Most common in Uzbekistan and among the Uyghurs.
  • East Pamirid, a more eastern and less populous variety, influenced by more western types such as Armenoid. It is one of the most Europoid Turanid types.
  • Andronovo-Turanid, a more northern or northwestern variety, influenced by Proto-Nordid and Pontid. Most common among the Tatars.
    • Alföld, a far-western Turanid variety. Most common in Hungary.

Mongolid types

Types of peoples indigenous to the eastern parts of Asia and many Pacific Islands. Note that this category does include Amerindians, but for purposes of this page the list of Amerindian phenotypes will be found at the end of the section due to their historical isolation.
Typical of the Ainu people, an indigenous ethnic group of northern Japan and surrounding areas. Their origins are not fully known, but they are thought to be descended from the Jōmon population of ancient Japan.
Typical of Tungusic speakers and, to a lesser extent, Mongolic speakers from North and Central Asia.
  • Gobid, or Tungid proper. Most common in Mongolia and neighbouring regions.
  • Baykal, a more northern variety. Most common among the indigenous peoples of Asiatic Russia.
  • Amur–Sakhalin, a far-eastern variety, mixed with Ainuid.
  • Katanga, a more northwestern variety, mixed with Sibirid.

Tungid–Turanid

Tungid types mixed with more western types (most frequently Turanid but also Orientalid).
  • Mountain Aralid, a more southwestern variety. Most common in Kyrgyzstan.
  • Aralid, a more western variety. Most common in Kazakhstan.
  • Transcaspian, a more western Aralid variety, influenced by Iranid. Most common in Turkmemistan.
Typical of the indigenous peoples of northern Russia, as well as those who have but recently crossed the land bridge to the Americas.
Sibirids of the European part of Russia or in its vicinity.
  • Uralid, or West Sibirid proper, found near the Ural Mountains. It is considered to be closer to the Europoid types. This type is common in Khanty and Mansi.
  • Samoyedic, a more northern variety, influenced by Tungid and possibly Lappid.
  • Yenisey, a more eastern variety, superficially (and possibly linguistically) influenced by Pacifid

East Sibirid (including Eskimid/Arctid)

Sibirids largely from the Asian part of Russia. Note that here this category includes Eskimids or Arctids, who are the indigenous peoples living in the Arctic circle on the American continent (who were historically called "Eskimos" but now go by names such as Inuit or Yup'ik.)
  • Chukchid, or East Sibirid proper
  • Bering Sea, a more eastern variety on the North American continent. Most common among the Yup'ik.
  • Inuid, or Eskimid/Arctid proper, the easternmost variety of the Sibirid type. Most common among the Inuit, including Greenlanders.
Typical of East Asians, especially in China and Korea. Despite being an integral part of East Asia, Japan is split between the Sinid and South Mongolid categories.
  • Huanghoid (North Sinid), or Sinid proper. Most common in northern China.
    • Manchu–Korean, an eastern Huanghoid variety, mixed with Tungid. Most common in northeastern China (the former Manchuria) and Korea; can also be found in Japan.
      • Okayama, a subtype of Manchu–Korean, specifcially for ethnic Japanese (particularly western Japanese).
    • Choshiu (Choshu), an eastern North Sinid variety, considered to be a more gracile version of Manchu–Korean. Common in both Japan and Korea.
    • Yakonin (Yakunin), a Japanese North Sinid variety that is much rarer and is associated with the aristocracy.
  • Changkiangid (Central Sinid), a Central variety. Most common in central and much of southern China, and thus the most populous phenotype in that country.
  • Chukiangid (South Sinid), a more southern variety. Most common in southern China and Taiwan. As this is the most common phenotype among speakers of Cantonese and Min, it is also a very common phenotype among Chinese living in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia and the older generations of Chinese Americans/Canadians.
    • Tonkinesid, a more southern Chukiangid variety. Most common in northern Vietnam.
    • Annamid, a far-southern Chukiangid variety, mixed with South Mongolid. Most common in central and southern Vietnam.
Sinid and Sinid-influenced phenotypes common in the west of China and among speakers of languages related to those spoken there.
  • Kham, a more robust variety.
  • Tibetid, a more western variety than that, slightly mixed with Indid.
Typical of the peoples of Southeast Asia, who speak a variety of language families. These types have slight Australoid admixture.

Continental South Mongolid

South Mongolid phenotypes from the Asian continent in an area sometimes known as Mainland Southeast Asia. The category page describes these phenotypes as being a part of the "Pareid" group.
  • Palaungid, a more western variety, found in the mountains of Myanmar and neighbouring areas.
    • East Palaungid, a more northeastern Palaungid type, found in the hills of southern China. Most common among Hmong and related peoples.
    • South Palaungid, a more southeastern Palaungid type, found in the hills of Thailand and Laos.
  • Shanid, a more central variety, found in the Irrawaddy plains. Most common in Myanmar (but not among the Shan living there).
    • East Shanid, an eastern Shanid type, slightly influenced by Veddid. Most common in Thialnd and Laos.
  • Kachinid, a more central or southern variety, common in parts of Myanmar, Indonesia and Northeast India.
  • Khmerid, a more southern variety, mixed with Senoid (Veddid). Most common in Cambodia.
  • Nepalid, a more western variety, mixed with Indid and Qiangid.

Insular South Mongolid

South Mongolid phenotypes from the islands of Asia. The southernmost types most certainly fall under the "Nesid" group described on the category page; the Japanese types may not.
  • Satsuma, the most common Japanese south Mongoloid type, mixed wtih Tungid. Most common in Japan and sometimes in Korea.
  • Ishikawa, a more northern type, mixed with Ainuid. Common in northern Japan.
  • Chikuzen, a more southern type, mixed with the southernmost extent of Ainuid. Common in southern Japan.
  • Nesid, a category of types associated with the Austronesian peoples of Asia.
    • Proto-Malayid, an older eastern variety, derived from Kachinid. Most common in eastern Indonesia.
    • Dayakid, an older western variety, derived from Palaungid. Common in the Philippines and Indonesia among lesser-known ethnic groups. Also common among Taiwanese aborigines.
    • Deutero-Malayid, a newer variety, derived from Shanid. Most common in the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia among Tagalogs, Malays, Javanese etc.
      • Malagasid, a much newer, far-western Deutero-Malayid type, mixed with Bantuid. Most common in Madagascar (but not among all Malagasy people).
Typical of Polynesians and related peoples who, thousands of years ago, sailed across the Pacific Ocean from Southeast Asia to the islands where they are best known. The Asian phenotype they most closely resemble, and from which they may be descended, is one of the Nesid types of the Philippines and Indonesia. Many Polynesids are also part-Australoid.
  • Robust Polynesid, or Polynesid proper. Most common among Hawaiians, Tahitians and related groups.
  • Nesiotid, a more western variety. Most common among Samoans and other groups.
    • Micronesid, a more northern Nesiotid variety, mixed with Proto-Malayid and Melanesid. Most common on the islands of Micronesia.
  • South Polynesid, a more southern variety. Most common among Māori and Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
Types of peoples indigenous to the American continent, i.e., North and South America, who arrived thousands of years ago by crossing the land bridge across the Bering Strait. Only the phenotypes representing those descended from older migrations are shown here; the later-arrived Inuit and related people, despite being indigenous to the continent as well, are listed together with the Sibirids.
Typical for the peoples of the northern Pacific coasts of North America.
  • Pacifid, or Pacifid proper.
  • California Pacifid, a more southern variety.
  • Athabaskid, a more northern variety, influenced by Sibirid and Arctic.
  • Arizonid, a more southeastern variety, mixed with the neighbouring types of Silvid and Centralid.
Typical for the peoples of the eastern and central parts of North America.
Typical for the peoples of the southern parts of Northern America, i.e. California and northern Mexico.
  • Mexicid, or Margid proper.
  • Sonorid, a more western variety.
  • Californid, a far-western variety, superficially closer to Ainuid.
Typical for the peoples of Middle America, i.e. southern Mexico and Central America.
  • Isthmid, or Centralid proper.
  • Maya, found in roughly the same areas, but closer to Pueblid.
  • Pueblid, a more northern variety.
Typical for the peoples of the low forests of South America.
Typical for the peoples of the mountains of western South America, especially the Andes.
Typical for the peoples of eastern South America. Possibly the oldest type indigenous to the Americas.
  • Lagoa Santa, or Lagid proper.
  • Botocudo, a more eastern type, closer to Fuegid.
  • Fuegid, Lagid types of what is today Argentina and Chile.
A similarly ancient type, typical for the peoples of the Southern Cone.
  • Bororo, a more northern type.
  • Pampid, a more central type, more gracilized and closer to Amazonid or Andid.
  • Patagonid, or Patagonid proper, found at the southernmost tip of South America.
Very ancient types, dating back to the first human migrations out of Africa tens of thousands of years ago. Most seafarers landed on the first pieces of land they discovered after leaving Africa. From north to south (in the order in which the dominant types are presented) these are southern India, Southeast Asia, the islands of Melanesia and Australia.
Typical for the much older aboriginal types of South Asia and neighbouring regions.
  • Central Veddoid, or Veddoid types common in South Asia.
    • Vedda, or Veddoid proper, found in Sri Lanka among a small minority of the native population.
    • Malid, a more northern variety, found in southern India.
    • North Gondid (Gondid), a more northern variety than that, found in northern India.
      • South Gondid, a more southern Gondid type, found in central India.
  • Arabian Veddoid, the only West Veddoid variety. Common in Yemen.
  • East Veddoid, or Veddoid types common in Southeast Asia (a category that includes the Khmerid type above).
    • Senoid, a more western type, found in the Malay peninsula and neighbouring areas, influenced by South Mongolid.
    • Toalid, a more eastern type, found in some of the Sunda Islands.
Typical for the darker-skinned aboriginal peoples of the Southeast Asia region, who may be mistaken for Black Africans.
  • Andamanid, the western Negritid types found among the indigenous Andamanese people.
  • Semangid, a more eastern variety found in the Malaysian peninsula, the first people to arrive there.
    • Jahai Semangid, a subtype found in the same places, but with additional Veddoid admixture.
  • Aetid, a more eastern variety found among the Negrito people of the Philippines, the first people to arrive there.
Typical for the peoples of the Oceanic islands traditionally described as Melanesia, who may also be mistaken for Black Africans.
  • Paleo-Melanesid, an older type, mixed with Australid. Most common among the Kanak people of New Caledonia.
  • Insular Melanesid, or Melanesid proper. Most common among Austronesian speakers of the region, such as most of the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
  • Mountain Melanesid, a slightly older variety from the more mountainous regions of New Guinea.
    • Tapirid, a more pygmy-ized Mountain Melanesid type found in the same areas as the above.
  • Neo-Melanesid, a newer, more western variety. Most common in New Guinea.
  • Brachio-Melanesid, a more eastern variety of New Guinea.
  • Bukaid, a more eastern variety than that, found in the Solomon Islands. superficially closer to Africans than other Melanesid phenotypes.
  • Fijid, a far-eastern variety, mixed with Polynesid. Most common in Fiji.
Typical for the Aboriginal peoples of Australia, where nearly all people of these phenotypes live.
  • North Australid (Carpentarian), a more northern variety.
  • Desert Australid, a more central variety. Often perceived today as the "typical" Australian Aboriginal phenotype.
  • South Australid, a more southern variety.
  • Barrinean, a most unpopulous pygmy type from what is now Queensland, superficially close to Tasmanid.
  • Tasmanid, a far-southern variety from Tasmania, sometimes considered to be a very different Melanesid or Negritid type.

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