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Central Asian type that inhabits a large, sparsely populated area from the Gobi Desert to the Siberian Taiga and Tundra. Developed during the Neolithic after the retreat of the ice in nomads of the steppes. Several later expansions brought it to West Asia. The body is thickset, limbs short, skull often short and low, face broad and roundish, very flat, Mongolian folds very strong, skin light yellowish-brown, hair straight and black, body hair scarce.
Description:
Tungid variety of the vast Central Asian deserts and steppes, e.g. the Gobi and Southern Siberia. Developed in ancient stock-farming nomads and was found in Huns, Avars, and Mongols, who migrated West and produced Aralids, etc. Today most typical in the Buryat, Mongolians, Tuvins. Also in Yakut, South Altaians, even some Kazakhs, Evenk, Orochs, Japanese, Chinese, Miao, and Tibetans. During the 17th century Kalmyks brought it West to the Caspian Sea.
Physical traits:
Light yellowish-brown skin, coarse straight, rarely wavy hair. Medium height, macroskelic, endomorph. (Hyper)brachycephalic, chamaecranic, rather large-headed. Mildly leptorrhine. Flat, large and broad face, lips medium thick. Epicanthus and cheekbones strong, body hair rather weak.
Description:
West Tungid variety of the vast Central Asian steppes, influenced by Turanid. Developed in ancient times when Hunnic, Avar, and Chasar expansions replaced older Turanid, Mediterranid, and Nordid populations. Today most common in Kazakhs, but also in other Turkic people like Kyrgyz, Uzbeks, and Tatars. In lower frequencies in Yakuts, Nenets, Uyghurs, Mongols, and many others.
Physical traits:
Light yellowish-brown skin, straight, sometimes wavy hair. Medium height, macroskelic, endomorph. Mildly leptorrhine, sometimes concave nose. (Hyper-)brachycephalic, chamae- orthocranic. Cheek bones very prominent, face and jaw broad, forehead slanted, eyebrows thick. Mongolian fold and facial flatness moderate.
Description:
Tungid variety, weakly influenced by Turanid. Usually united with Aralid, but more Mongoloid. Native to the Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan and Western China. Particularly common among Kyrgyz. Sporadically in Kazakhs, Yakuts, Uyghurs, Mongols, and related groups.
Physical traits:
Light brown skin, straight, often black, sometimes light hair, and dark, sometimes mixed eyes. Medium height, macroskelic, endomorph. Mildly leptorrhine nose. Brachycephalic, chamae- orthocranic. Cheekbones very prominent, face broad, forehead often sloping. Epicanthus as strong as in Gobid, but face more profiled and body hair stronger.
Description:
North Sinid type, named after the Huang Ho (Yellow) river in Northern China. Developed from loess and millet farmers. Usually regarded as the Sinid proper, associated with the Xia dynasty and the beginning of the Chinese empire. Typical in Liaoning, Kirin, Heilungkiang and Jehol, sometimes Hoklo in Fuijan. Ancient colonisation and trading dispersed it across China, Manchuria, Mongolia, Korea, and more sporadically, Japan.
Physical traits:
Pale yellow to dusky yellow-brown skin, straight hair. Medium height to rather tall, macroskelic, ectomorph to mesomorph. Mesocephalic, sometimes dolichocephalic, mildly hypsicranic with a leptorrhine, relatively long and straight, sometimes aquiline nose. The face is relatively high, oblong and square, 口-shaped. Cheek-bones relatively weak. Lips thin, epicanthic folds pronounced, body hair scant.