Meyers Blitz-Lexikon (Leipzig, 1932) shows a Tyrolian woman as an example of the Dinaric type.

In physical anthropology, the Dinaric race (or Adriatic race or Epirotic race) is one of the subcategories of the Europid (White; Caucasian) race into which it was divided by anthropologists in the early 20th century. The continued validity of these categories is disputed. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Anthem Das Lied der Deutschen Germany during the Weimar period, with the Free State of Prussia (in blue) as the largest state Capital Berlin Language(s) German Government Republic President  - 1918-1925 Friedrich Ebert  - 1925-1933 Paul von Hindenburg Chancellor  - 1919 Philipp Scheidemann(first)  - 1933 Kurt von Schleicher (last) Legislature... Coat of arms of the Counts of Tyrol Austria-Hungary in 1914, showing Tirol–Vorarlberg as the left-most province, coloured cream Capital Meran (Merano), until 1848 Government Principality Historical era Middle Ages  - Created County 1140  - Bequeathed to Habsburgs 1363 or 1369  - Joined Council of Princes 1582  - Trent, Tyrol and... Physical anthropology, often called biological anthropology, studies the mechanisms of biological evolution, genetic inheritance, human adaptability and variation, primatology, primate morphology, and the fossil record of human evolution. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For the peoples actually from the Caucasus, see Peoples of the Caucasus. ...

The concept of a Dinaric race originated with Joseph Deniker, but became most closely associated with the writings of Hans F. K. Günther and Carleton Coon. The name derives from the Dinaric Alps (the western part of the Balkan Peninsula) which was supposed to be its principal habitat. Joseph Deniker (March 6, 1852–March 18, 1918) was a French naturalist and anthropologist, known primarily for his attempts to develop highly-detailed maps of race in Europe. ... Hans Friedrich Karl Günther (born February 16, 1891 in Freiburg; died September 25, 1968 also in Freiburg) was a German race researcher and eugenicist in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich. ... Carleton Stevens Coon, (23 June 1904 — 6 June 1981) was an eminent American anthropologist. ... Mt Orjen at the Bay of Kotor is the heaviest karstified range of the dinarids View of the central part of the Dinaric Alps (north=down) Valbona pass, northern Albania. ... The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe southeastern Europe (see the Definitions and boundaries section below). ...

Its characteristics were defined as tall, mostly mesomorph bodily build, with relatively long legs and short trunk and a medium arm span. The overall anatomy of the head was said to be brachycephalic to hyperbrachycephalic (Cranial index: 81-86) whereby the condition is caused by both rather high breadth of the head and a medium length of the neurocranium, whose back part is often somewhat flattened (planoccipital). The vertical height of the cranium is high. Eyes are set relatively close and the surrounding tissue defines them as wide open. The iris is most often brown, with a significant percentage of light pigmentation in the Dinaric population. The nose is large, narrow and convex. The face is long and orthognathic, with a prominent chin, and also wide. The form of the forehead is variable, but not rarely it is bulbous. The hair color is usually dark brown, with black haired and blond individuals in minority, blondness being the characteristic of the more Central European, morphologically similar Noric race (a race intermediate between Nordic and Dinaric races). Mesomorph may refer to: A person who has a mesomorphic body type. ... The cephalic index is the ratio of the maximum breadth of the head to its maximum length, sometimes multiplied by 100 for convenience. ... For other uses, see Face (disambiguation). ... For the musical, see Hair (musical). ... Article Deleted. ... It has been suggested that Nordish race be merged into this article or section. ...

The skin is lacking the rosy color characteristic for Northern Europe as well as the relatively brunet pigmentation characteristic for the southernmost Europe and on a geographical plane it is of medium pigmentation and often it is variable.

Joseph Deniker's map of European races (1899), identifying "Dinarics" as the dominant group in parts of central Europe, Northern Italy and the North West Balkans

Several theories were postulated regarding the genesis of the Dinaric race and most of them agreed that this race was autochthonous to its present habitat from the Neolithic. It was claimed by both Günther and Coon that the Bell-Beaker people of the European Bronze Age were at least partially Dinaric. However Coon also argued, in The Origin of Races (1962), that the Dinaric and some other categories "are not races but simply the visible expressions of the genetic variability of the intermarrying groups to which they belong." He referred to the creation of this distinctive phenotype from the mixing of earlier separate groups as "dinarisation". In his view Dinarics were a specific type that arose from ancient mixes of the Mediterranean race and Alpine race. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 562 pixelsFull resolution (3062 × 2150 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 562 pixelsFull resolution (3062 × 2150 pixel, file size: 2. ... An array of Neolithic artifacts, including bracelets, axe heads, chisels, and polishing tools. ... approximate extent of the Beaker culture The Bell-Beaker culture (sometimes shortened to Beaker culture, Beaker people, or Beaker folk; German: ), ca. ... The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ... Nordic supremacy theory (or Nordicism) was a theory of race prevalent in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. ...

According to the Dinaric model, Dinarics are to be found today in the mountainous areas of the western Balkans (Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, most of northwestern Bulgaria, and northwestern Republic of Macedonia). Northern Italy is mostly a Dinaric area as well as western Greece, Romania, eastern Ukraine, southeastern German-speaking areas, and parts of southern Poland and southeastern France. Not to be confused with Republika Srpska. ... Anthem Oj, svijetla majska zoro Oh, Bright Dawn of May Montenegro() on the European continent()  —  [] Capital (and largest city) Podgorica Official languages Serbian (Ijekavian dialect)1 Demonym Montenegrin Government Republic  -  President Filip Vujanović  -  Prime Minister Željko Å turanović Independence due to the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro   -  Declared June 3, 2006... For an explanation of terms related to Macedonia, see Macedonia (terminology). ...

The Armenoid type is very closely related to that of the Dinaric peoples. ^[1]

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External links

• Examples of Dinarics (plates 35-43) from Carleton Coon's The Races of Europe