Noric race

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Noric race (German: Norische Rasse) was a racial category proposed by the anthropologist Victor Lebzelter. It was used as part of the subdivisions of the Caucasian race during the mid twentieth century. It is now largely obsolete. The term derived from Noricum, a province of the Roman empire roughly equivalent to southern Austria. The term is not to be confused with Nordic.

The Noric race was supposed to be similar morphologically to the Dinaric race. Norics were characterized by tall stature, brachycephaly, nasal convexity, long face and broad forehead. Their complexion was said to be light, and blondness combined with light eyes to be their anthropologic characteristic.

Norics were supposed to populate parts of Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia and South-Eastern Germany.