Group: Alpinid Local Type
West Asian type that is anthropometrically and morphologically very similar to European Alpinids. Most common in the mountain zones of Anatolia, to Northern Syria and Iraq. Also found in West Iran, Caucasus, Palestine, and Lebanon. Extends in lower frequencies up to Tajikistan, across Arabia and to Southwestern Europe. The type can easily be confused with similar looking Turanid-admixed individuals.
Light brown skin, straight or wavy hair ranging from light brown to black. Medium height to rather tall, with mesoskelic proportions and endomorphic build. Brachycephalic skull shape with ortho-hypsicranic vault. The face is round with a leptorrhine nose featuring a roundish tip. The mouth is rather thin. The skin is slightly darker than in their European counterparts, and the height is slightly taller.
The term East Alpinid was originally used by Senyürek (1950) to describe Anatolian Alpinids. It was later adopted by Eickstedt (1961). Coon (1939) called them Asiatic Alpines. Field (1939, 1946) describes the type from Iran and Iraq and calls it Proto Alpine, Gloor (1951) finds it in Palestine. Lundman (1967) uses East Alpinid synonymous with Gorid, a different variety.
