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Ridolfo Livi. Antropometria Militare. Roma, 1896-1905.
Convex and Concave Noses
March 24, 2019
Thin, high-rooted convex noses, which are common in Dinaric and Mediterranean types, exist at a frequency of ~15% in Italy. Wide, low-rooted concave noses, which are common in Alpine types, exist at a frequency of ~19%. The former are slightly more frequent in the North, and the latter slightly more in the South, which matches the distribution of sub-racial types throughout the country. The remaining ~66% of noses are straight or almost straight.
Ridolfo Livi. Antropometria Militare. Roma, 1896-1905.
Ridolfo Livi. Antropometria Militare. Roma, 1896-1905.
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I always thought the Alpine element to be stronger in the northern half of Italy, so I was kinda of surprised to know that concave noses are slightly more common in the South.
The South is ~1/2 Alpine and 1/2 Mediterranean. The North is ~1/3 Alpine, 1/3 Dinaric and 1/3 Med, so less Alpine and more convex noses, even though more brachycephalic. And the South (especially Sardinia) also has some Coarse Med/Berid types that have wide, concave noses.
Italianthro, would you say that, since Northern Italy has a large population of Southern roots, a significant chunck of nowadays concave noses in the setentrional half of the country is derived from Berid Terrones migrants and their deacendants? I think they increased the proportion of concave noses, which was already common among fully Northern Italians, because of the strong Alpine element in that half of the country.
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