Northcaucasian race
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Northcaucasian race is the subrace of Northcaucasian variant Caucasian race
, the name has arisen from region North Caucasus
.
The Northcaucasian type is considered as a branch of the Balkans-Caucasian race
and is similar with Alpine
and Dinaric
races.
The phenotype is prevalent to the following ethnicities: Balkars
, Karachays
, Chechens
, Ossetians
and others.
, Balkars
, Bats people
, Ossetians
, Ingush people
, Karachays
, Chechen people
, Adyghe people
, Khevsurian (ethnic group)
, Pshavi (ethnic group)
, Rachins
, Dargin people
, Lak people
Caucasian race
The term Caucasian race has been used to denote the general physical type of some or all of the populations of Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Western Asia , Central Asia and South Asia...
, the name has arisen from region North Caucasus
North Caucasus
The North Caucasus is the northern part of the Caucasus region between the Black and Caspian Seas and within European Russia. The term is also used as a synonym for the North Caucasus economic region of Russia....
.
The Northcaucasian type is considered as a branch of the Balkans-Caucasian race
Balkans-Caucasian race
A Balkans-Caucasian race has been postulated as a subrace of the greater Caucasian race.- Racial types :In the Balkans-Caucasian race allocate set of discrete variants different in details, in particular:...
and is similar with Alpine
Alpine race
The Alpine race is an historical racial classification or sub-race of humans, considered a branch of the Caucasian race. The term is not commonly used today, but was popular in the early 20th century.-History:...
and Dinaric
Dinaric race
The Dinaric race is one of the sub-categories of the Europid race into which it was divided by physical anthropologists in the early 20th century...
races.
The phenotype is prevalent to the following ethnicities: Balkars
Balkars
The Balkars are a Turkic people of the Caucasus region, one of the titular populations of Kabardino-Balkaria. They are possibly Bulgars or are descended from them...
, Karachays
Karachays
The Karachays are Turkic speaking people of the North Caucasus, mostly situated in the Russian Karachay-Cherkess Republic.-History:The Karachays are a Turkic speaking people descending from the Kipchaks and probably the Cumans, with some admixture of the medieval Alans and native Caucasians; their...
, Chechens
Chechen people
Chechens constitute the largest native ethnic group originating in the North Caucasus region. They refer to themselves as Noxçi . Also known as Sadiks , Gargareans, Malkhs...
, Ossetians
Ossetians
The Ossetians are an Iranic ethnic group of the Caucasus Mountains, eponymous of the region known as Ossetia.They speak Ossetic, an Iranian language of the Eastern branch, with most also fluent in Russian as a second language....
and others.
Central cluster
Caucasian AvarsCaucasian Avars
Avars or Caucasian Avars are a modern people of Caucasus, mainly of Dagestan, in which they are the predominant group. The Caucasian Avar language belongs to the Northeast Caucasian language family ....
, Balkars
Balkars
The Balkars are a Turkic people of the Caucasus region, one of the titular populations of Kabardino-Balkaria. They are possibly Bulgars or are descended from them...
, Bats people
Bats people
The Bats people or the Batsbi are a small Nakh-speaking community in the country of Georgia who are also known as the Ts’ova-Tush after the Ts’ova Gorge in the historic Georgian province of Tusheti , where they are believed to have settled after migrating from the North Caucasus in the 16th...
, Ossetians
Ossetians
The Ossetians are an Iranic ethnic group of the Caucasus Mountains, eponymous of the region known as Ossetia.They speak Ossetic, an Iranian language of the Eastern branch, with most also fluent in Russian as a second language....
, Ingush people
Ingush people
The Ingush are a native ethnic group of the North Caucasus, mostly inhabiting the Russian republic of Ingushetia. They refer to themselves as Ghalghai . The Ingush are predominantly Sunni Muslims and speak the Ingush language...
, Karachays
Karachays
The Karachays are Turkic speaking people of the North Caucasus, mostly situated in the Russian Karachay-Cherkess Republic.-History:The Karachays are a Turkic speaking people descending from the Kipchaks and probably the Cumans, with some admixture of the medieval Alans and native Caucasians; their...
, Chechen people
Chechen people
Chechens constitute the largest native ethnic group originating in the North Caucasus region. They refer to themselves as Noxçi . Also known as Sadiks , Gargareans, Malkhs...
, Adyghe people
Adyghe people
The Adyghe or Adygs , also often known as Circassians or Cherkess, are in origin a North Caucasian ethnic groupwho were displaced in the course of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus in the 19th century, especially after the Russian–Circassian War of 1862.Adyghe people mostly speak Adyghe and most...
- 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.
- BrachycephalicCephalic indexCephalic index is the ratio of the maximum width of the head multiplied by 100 divided by its maximum length ....
(cranial index - 84-85)
Southern Cluster
SvansSvans
The Svans are a group of Georgians that mostly live in Svaneti, a region of Georgia speaking the Svan language. The self designated Svan is Mushüan, known to the ancient authors as Misimian.-History:...
, Khevsurian (ethnic group)
Khevsureti
Khevsureti/Khevsuria is a historical-ethnographic region in eastern Georgia. They are the branch of Kartvelian people located along both the northern and southern slopes of the Great Caucasus...
, Pshavi (ethnic group)
Pshavi
Pshavi is a small historic-geographic area in Georgia, included in today’s Mtskheta-Mtianeti region and laying chiefly on the southern foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountains along Aragvi River and the lower Iori River. The Pshavs, who are locally called the Pshaveli, speak a Georgian dialect...
, Rachins
- average growth
- Hair coarse, straight, dark brown (often light-reddish-brown and light brown)
- Eyes brown and green (unlike other groups)
- Face is broad (14,6-14,8 cm) is low. Angular facial features. Cheeks broad, but subtle. The forehead is low.
- BrachycephalicCephalic indexCephalic index is the ratio of the maximum width of the head multiplied by 100 divided by its maximum length ....
(cranial index - 84-85)
Dagestan cluster
LezginsLezgins
The Lezgians are an ethnic group living predominantly in southern Dagestan and northeastern Azerbaijan and who speak the Lezgian language.- Historical concept :While ancient Greek historians, including Herodotus, Strabo, and Pliny the Elder, referred...
, Dargin people
Dargin people
The Dargwa or Dargin people are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group of the Caucasus who live mainly in the Russian republic of Dagestan. They speak the Dargwa language...
, Lak people
Lak people (Dagestan)
The Laks, self-designation Lak, are an indigenous people of Dagestan, speaking the Lak language. There are about 170,000 ethnic Laks.-History:An ancient polity on the Lak territory was the principality of Gumik...
- average growth
- Hair coarse, straight, dark and light
- Characteristic as dark eyes and bright
- MesocephalicCephalic indexCephalic index is the ratio of the maximum width of the head multiplied by 100 divided by its maximum length ....
(cranial index - 78-79), less brachycephalicCephalic indexCephalic index is the ratio of the maximum width of the head multiplied by 100 divided by its maximum length ....
(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 MichiganUniversity of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
) - Anthropology Questions, Releases 46–48 - Lomonosov Moscow State University (Original: University of CaliforniaUniversity of CaliforniaThe University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
) - The People of Caucasus: anthropology, linguistics, an economy - Malkhaz AbdushelishviliMalkhaz AbdushelishviliMalkhaz Abdushelishvili was a famous Georgian scientist, one of the founders of the Georgian scientific school of Anthropology, Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences , Meritorious Scholar of Georgia, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor.He was born in 1926, in Tbilisi...
(Russian Academy of SciencesRussian Academy of SciencesThe Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....
) - Anthropology of population of the Caucasus Malkhaz AbdushelishviliMalkhaz AbdushelishviliMalkhaz Abdushelishvili was a famous Georgian scientist, one of the founders of the Georgian scientific school of Anthropology, Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences , Meritorious Scholar of Georgia, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor.He was born in 1926, in Tbilisi...
(Original: University of Indiana) - Contributions to the physical anthropology of Central Asia and the Caucasus - Malkhaz AbdushelishviliMalkhaz AbdushelishviliMalkhaz Abdushelishvili was a famous Georgian scientist, one of the founders of the Georgian scientific school of Anthropology, Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences , Meritorious Scholar of Georgia, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor.He was born in 1926, in Tbilisi...
(Original: University of MichiganUniversity of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
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