West Amazonid
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| Similar Types | Isthmid, North Amazonid, Lagoa Santa, South Amazonid |
| Group | Amazonid |
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Description
Amazonid subtype, the most frequent type in the Western Amazon rainforest. Common among Arawakan speakers, typical groups are Yawalapiti, Ash�ninka, Mashco-Piro, Piapoco, Wayuu, among others. Possibly originated in Colombian savannahs and expanded to the Caribbean and Amazonia, where older Lagoid elements were assimilated. Has partially been pushed back by North Amazonids and Isthmids in the centuries prior to European contact.[1]
Physical Traits
Medium (yellowish/reddish) brown skin. Straight or slightly wavy hair. (Rather) short, macro- mesoskelic, ectomorph to endomorph. Mesocephalic, sometimes brachycephalic, mildly hypsicranic. Meso-, sometimes platyrrhine nose. Face oval with relatively soft features, broad forehead, slightly receding chin. Eyes slanting, Mongolian fold rare.