- Northcaucasian race
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Northcaucasian race (also Caucasionic race) is the subrace of Northcaucasian variant Caucasian race, the name has arisen from region North Caucasus[1].
The Northcaucasian type is considered as a branch of the Balkans-Caucasian race and is similar with Alpine and Dinaric races.[2]
The phenotype is prevalent to the following ethnicities: Balkars, Karachays, Chechens, Ossetians and others.[3]
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Characteristic signs
Central cluster
Caucasian Avars, Balkars, Bats people, Ossetians, Ingush people, Karachays, Chechen people, Adyghe people
- High growth (> 170 cm)
- Hair coarse, straight, dark brown (often light-reddish-brown and light brown)
- Eyes brown and green, are found as blue (unlike other groups)
- Face is broad (14,6-14,8 cm) is low. Angular facial features. Cheeks broad, but subtle. The forehead is low.
- Brachycephalic (cranial index - 84-85)
Southern Cluster
Svans, Khevsurian (ethnic group), Pshavi (ethnic group), Rachins
- average growth
- Hair coarse, straight, dark brown (often light-reddish-brown and light brown)
- Eyes brown and green (unlike other groups)
- Face is broad (14,6-14,8 cm) is low. Angular facial features. Cheeks broad, but subtle. The forehead is low.
- Brachycephalic (cranial index - 84-85)
Dagestan cluster
Lezgins, Dargin people, Lak people
- average growth
- Hair coarse, straight, dark and light
- Characteristic as dark eyes and bright
- Mesocephalic (cranial index - 78-79), less brachycephalic (cranial index - 84-85)
External links
- Classification of races by Abdushelishvili (1990)
- Origin of the People of Caucasus: Craniology Research - Valeri Pavlovich Alekseyev (Original: University of Michigan)
- Anthropology Questions, Releases 46–48 - Lomonosov Moscow State University (Original: University of California)
- The People of Caucasus: anthropology, linguistics, an economy - Malkhaz Abdushelishvili (Russian Academy of Sciences)
- Anthropology of population of the Caucasus Malkhaz Abdushelishvili (Original: University of Indiana)
- Contributions to the physical anthropology of Central Asia and the Caucasus - Malkhaz Abdushelishvili (Original: University of Michigan)
Notes
- ^ Dmitry Bogatenkov; Stanislav Drobyshev. "Anthropology and Ethnic History" (in Russian). Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. http://www.ido.edu.ru/psychology/anthropology/6.html.
- ^ Dmitry Bogatenkov; Stanislav Drobyshev. "Racial variety of Mankind,section 5.5.3" (in Russian). Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. http://www.ido.edu.ru/psychology/anthropology/5.html#5.5.3.
- ^ School Bakai - Ethnogenesis the North Caucasus indigenous population
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