Karnatid
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| Similar Types | GracileIndid, Kolid, Malabarese, South Gondid, Vedda, Sinhalesid |
| Group | Indo Melanid |
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Description
South Indian type, found in its purest form in Tamil Nadu and Northern Sri Lanka, called Melanid according to its dark skin tone (melanin). Typical for Tamils, mixed in Periya, sometimes other Indian people. The medieval Chola invasion even brought it to Malaysia and Sumatra. It is linked to the Kolid type farther North.[1]
Physical Traits
Dark brown skin, darker than Veddids, except for Malids. Curly to wavy hair. Rather short, mesoskelic, ectomorph, sometimes endo- mesomorph. Dolicho-mesocephalic, ortho- or mildly hypsicranic, small-headed. Mesorrhine, sometimes mildly platyrrhine, triangular nose. The face is high and angular with a relatively large jaw and full lips. Overall features are Caucasoid, despite the dark skin.