Unit 12 racial classification* Contents
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Unit12
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- Nilotic Negro or Nilotes
- Bushman-Hottentot
- Negrillo (African Pygmy)
- Oceanic Negro
African Negro: Five subdivisions of African Negro are as follows:
a) True Negro: People of this subtype are characterized by dark brown to black skin colour, black woolly hair, dolichocephalic head, platyrrhine nose, prognathous face, dark brown to black eyes, thick and everted lips and tall stature. b) Nilotic Negro or Nilotes: Physical features of Nilotic Negros include very dark to bluish black skin colour, black woolly hair, dolichocephalic head, platyrrhine nose with low nasal bridge, short face with facial prognathism, receding forehead, well developed chin, dark brown eye colour, thick and everted lips and tall stature. c) Bantu: Bantu people exhibits dark chocolate skin colour, black woolly or frizzy hair, dolichocephalic head, narrow and prominent nose, marked prognathism, dark brown eye colour and medium to above average stature. d) Bushman-Hottentot: This race is characterized by light to brownish yellow skin colour, black and paper corn hair, sparsely distributed body and facial hair, dolichocephalic head, platyrrhine nose with very broad and flat nasal root and concave nasal profile. Face is short and square with prominent cheek bones. Other facial features include thick lips, small chin, dark brown to black slanting eyes and lobeless ears. Forehead is bulbous with little developed eye brow ridges. Stature is medium. Steatopygia is pronounced among women. e) Negrillo (African Pygmy): People of this category have yellowish light brown to reddish brown skin colour, short woolly or paper corn hair, monocephalic head, broad and flat nose, prognathous face with narrow chin, dark brown eyes, full lips and short stature. 2) Oceanic Negro: Oceanic Negros are majorly distributed in New Guiena and neighboring islands. This racial type is further divided into following two sub-types: a) Negrito: Negrito population is characterized by light brown to dark chocolate brown skin color, dolichocephalic to mesocephalic head, short and straight nose, round face and short stature. This type has two subtypes i.e. Asiatic Pygmy and Oceanic Pygmy. b) Download 228.37 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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