Patagonid (proper)
| Patagonid (proper) | |
|---|---|
| Group | Patagonid |
Description
The most characteristic variety of the Patagonid group. Once dominated the cool grasslands of Patagonia. Was pushed back by Mapuche as well as Europeans. Probably had some very tall and massive subvarieties (the extinct Tiremenen). Today only found in some Tehuelche, often mixed. Slightly Fuegid-admixed in Selknam, whose last full-blooded member died in the 1970s.[1]
Physical Traits
Olive light brown skin, straight black, rarely wavy hair. (Very) tall, brachy- mesoskelic, meso- to endomorph with the largest body mass worldwide. Brachycephalic, sometimes mesocephalic, mildly hypsicranic, very large-headed. High, leptorrhine, straight, sometimes convex nose. Faces large and rather with strong zygomatic arches. Chin sturdy, mouth wide, lips relatively full, eyes slanting.