human race - is historically within the species Homo sapiens group.They differ in minor physical features - shaped eyes, skin color, hair texture, and others.
big European race (about 42% of the population) in the intensity of pigmentation of the skin and the hair is divided into three groups: the southern, northern and intermediate.Depending on the particular pigment and "cephalic index" in these groups also produce small races (2nd and 3rd order).
Under head indicator refers to the proportion of the skull and the ratio of the width to the length of the head.For example, in the northern Baltic group of distinguished and small nordiyskaya race.In its interim group isolated Alpine, Eastern European and Central European race.In the southern group in the Indo-Mediterranean race, isolated Mediterranean and Armenoid small race.
Caucasian race is characterized by a straight or slightly wavy light brown (from light to dark shades) hair, light skin;gray, brown-green, gray-green, blue eyes wide open;rather narrow protruding nose, moderately-developed chin, the average thickness of the lips, developed hair on men on the face.
Caucasian race is a major big races.It is divided into several types: Nordic, subadriatichesky Atlanta-Baltic, falsky, the eastern Baltic, the Mediterranean, Central-East European, Balkan, Caucasian, Caspian, Near Eastern, Indo-Afghan.
Caucasian race, the origin of which is related to the common source habitat of the bulk of its representatives, it was initially extended to the territory covered certain areas of southern Europe, southwest Asia and north Africa.Caucasians now living on all continents.
Nordic type is widespread in northern Europe among the Kashubians, western Latvians and Estonians, Komi, part of Russian, North Karelia, southwestern Finns, Norwegians, Irish, Swedes, Germans, north-western regions, the British, the Dutch, Northern Frenchet al. Characteristic features of this type are: meso and dolihokefaliya;leptosomnoe, normokostnoe physique;high growth;straight or wavy hair texture;blond, light brown, gray hair color;high base of the nose;deep lower jaw;narrow, angular chin;developed growth of beard and mustache;the average growth of hair on the body;thin white skin with a pinkish tinge.
Although initially area of education race was close, Europe and the Near East (it was there and formed caucasian ethnicity), the characteristic of its subgroups on different parameters differs significantly depending on the geographical features of places further settlement of its representatives, their living conditions, and so on. N.
Atlanto-Baltic type is particularly widespread in Latvia and Estonia, Great Britain, the Scandinavian countries.It is characterized by very light skin pigmentation, as well as hair and eye mezokefaliey, long nose, large, high-growth, development of tertiary hair.
Subadriatichesky (noriysky or noriksky) type is described as subbrahitsefalny, which tend to average growth, shatenovye hair.Distributed in Luxembourg, Champagne, Franche-Comte, in the Dutch province of Zeeland, in the north of the Duchy of Baden, the Rhine provinces in the south-east Bohemia, in eastern Bavaria;common among Slovenes in Lombardy and Venice area.
Falsky type is characterized by the highest growth among Europeans, mezodolihokefaliey, stocky build, broad shoulders, a massive lower jaw, bony, broad face, developed eyebrows, blue or gray eyes, low rectangular eye sockets, hard wavy blond (reddish) hair.This type is common in Westphalia and Scandinavia.
caucasian ethnicity in various classifications may be called differently.Often you can find such synonyms of the term, as the race of Caucasian or Eurasian.
