Northcaucasian race

Northcaucasian race (also Caucasionic race) is a term which was used in scientific racism and physical anthropology as one of the sub-races of Caucasian race in the early 20th century.^[1][2] The name has arisen from region North Caucasus.^[3]

The Northcaucasian type is considered as a branch of the Balkans-Caucasian race and is similar with Alpine and Dinaric races.^[4]

The phenotype is prevalent to the following ethnicities: Balkars, Karachays, Chechens, Ossetians and others.^[5]

Characteristic signs

Central cluster

Caucasian Avars, Balkars, Bats people, Ossetians, Ingush people, Karachays, Chechen 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)

Dagestan cluster

Dargin people, Lak people, Lezgins

• The growth-above average.
• 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)

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