Typical Mongoloid Skull

A portrait of the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan; the Mongolians, for which the term Mongoloid was named after, are an example of the prototype Northern Mongoloid.

Korean actor Jang Dong-gun

Han Chinese actress Maggie Cheung (from In the Mood for Love); ancestry: Shanghai (mid-China coastal region). The Han Chinese along the Yangtze River (midsection of China) exhibit a mixture of Northern Mongoloid and Southern Mongoloid characteristics, also confirmed genetically.

Taiwanese aborigine dancer. The South-east Asians are an example of the Southern Mongoloid type, thought to be mixed somewhat with the Australoids.

North American Indian, 1890s. Amerindians are New World Mongoloids, who diverged from the Northern Mongoloids in Northeast Asia after they entered the Americas.

The term Mongoloid is most used in discussions of human prehistory and in the forensic analysis of human remains. The suffix -oid indicates "a similarity, not necessarily exact, to something else". Mongoloid, therefore, may not automatically imply earlier terms such as "Mongolian race" or "Asiatic" — whatever the parameters for their definitions may be — and much less the nationality Mongolian. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (649x882, 16 KB) Summary http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (649x882, 16 KB) Summary http://www. ... This image is in public domain File links The following pages link to this file: Genghis Khan ... This image is in public domain File links The following pages link to this file: Genghis Khan ... Northern Mongoloids represent a division of the Eastern Eurasian branch of the Eurasiatic Supercluster, a genetic cluster of human populations comprising Caucasoids in the West and Mongoloids in the East, and includes populations indigenous to North Asia, the Americas and Greenland, as well as their descendants in other parts of... Image File history File links Jangdonggun. ... Image File history File links Jangdonggun. ... Jang Dong-gun (Born March 7, 1972) is a Korean actor and musician. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Maggie Cheung Categories: Images with unknown source ... File links The following pages link to this file: Maggie Cheung Categories: Images with unknown source ... Han Chinese (Simplified Chinese: 汉族; Traditional Chinese: 漢族; Hanyu pinyin: ) is a term which refers to the majority ethnic group within China and the largest single human ethnic group in the world. ... In the Mood for Love (花樣年華, Yale (Cantonese): fa1 yeung6 nin4 wa4, literal translation: The Magnificence of Years Past like Flowers) is a 2000 Hong Kong art film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu Wai. ... Shanghai (Chinese: 上海 pinyin: (help· info); Shanghainese: Zanhe ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is Chinas largest city. ... Afternoon light on the jagged grey mountains rising from the Yangtze River gorge The Yangtze River or Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world after the Amazon in South America and the Nile in Africa. ... Bunun dancer just before her performance in Lona, Taiwan. ... Bunun dancer just before her performance in Lona, Taiwan. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... Southern Mongoloids represent a division of the Eastern Eurasian branch of the Eurasiatic Supercluster, a genetic cluster of human populations comprising Caucasoids in the West and Mongoloids in the East, and includes most Southeast Asians and Polynesians, as well as their descendants in other parts of the world. ... Australoid is a broad racial sub-classification of black peoples having generally dark skin and coarse hair which can be curly, straight, or kinky. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that Sexual Victimization of Native American Women be merged into this article or section. ... East Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... World map showing the Americas The Americas commonly refers to the landmass in the Western Hemisphere consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... Forensics or forensic science is the application of science to questions which are of interest to the legal system. ... -oid is a suffix much used in the sciences and mathematics to indicate a similarity, not necessarily exact, to something else. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, -oid is derived from the Latin suffix -oides taken from Greek and meaning having the likeness of. Thus, asteroid means like a star... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ...

As a form of classification, "Mongoloid" includes the indigenous peoples of North Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and some parts of Central Asia and South Asia, although most people from the last region are Caucasoid. By extension, Mongoloid arguably includes people from the Pacific Oceania, the Americas, and Greenland, as well as some indigenous populations of Northern Europe (the Sami of Finland for example), and some people from Eastern Europe who are said to have Mongoloid admixture and whose cranial morphology (brachycephalicy, high cheekbones, etc.), but not pigmentation (blondism, blue eyes, etc), more closely resemble Mongoloid cranial structures than they do Caucasoid. Some definitions do not include the Amerindians. North Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... Geographic scope of East Asia East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Composite satellite image of South Asia Map of South Asia. ... Typical Caucasoid Skull Caucasoid is a racial classification usually used as part of a system also including Australoid, Mongoloid, Negroid, and sometimes others such as Capoid. ... World map showing Oceania (geographically) Oceania is a geographical (often geopolitical) region consisting of numerous countries and territories—mostly islands—in the Pacific Ocean. ... World map showing the Americas The Americas commonly refers to the landmass in the Western Hemisphere consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... Northern Europe is marked in dark blue Northern Europe is a name of the northern part of the European continent. ... Sami flag The Sami People (there are other names and spellings including Sámi, Saami and Lapp) are an indigenous people of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia, covering a total area in the Nordic countries corresponding to the size of Sweden. ... Current division of Europe into five (or more) regions: one definition of Eastern Europe is marked in orange Eastern Europe as a region has several alternative definitions, whereby it can denote: the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Central Europe and Russia. ... The cephalic index is the ratio of the maximum breadth of the head to its maximum length, sometimes multiplied by 100 for convenience. ... The zygomatic bone (also known as the zygoma; Os Zygomaticum; Malar Bone) is a paired bone of the human skull. ... Woman with natural blonde hair. ... Eye color is a polygenic trait and is determined by the amount and type of pigments present in the eye. ... It has been suggested that Sexual Victimization of Native American Women be merged into this article or section. ...

Usage

Racial classification and even the existence of race is controversial. See (Race). The -oid racial terms are now often controversial in both technical and nontechnical contexts, and may be considered offensive by some.[1] "Mongoloid" is considered to be "an archaic term" by a modern anthropological textbook, The Human Species, copyrighted in 2003 (page 126). Nonetheless, "Mongoloid", "Caucasoid", and "Negroid" are still used regularly in scientific discussion.[2] The term race distinguishes a population of humans from other populations. ...

"Mongoloid" properly applies to physical traits and not to contemporary or historic definitions of racial or social groups. Some current terms for the latter are Asian, East Asian, Southeast Asian, and Oriental; however the range of Mongoloid does not correspond exactly to any one of these. While most Central, East, and Southeast Asians are physically Mongoloid, most South Asians are not. Many northern Mongoloids may apparently seem to be a divergent from Caucasoids; this occurs in parts of Central Asia and northern parts of South Asia. The term the Orient - literally meaning sunrise, east - is traditionally used to refer to Near, Middle, and Far Eastern countries. ... Composite satellite image of the Indian subcontinent Map of South Asia. ...

Since people with the disability Down syndrome have some superficial Mongoloid facial features, the term "Mongoloid" was once also used as a synonym for "retarded." This usage, once neutral, is now considered offensive. The term disability, as it is applied to humans, refers to any condition that impedes the completion of daily tasks using traditional methods. ...

Geographic range

Mongoloid or Asiatic peoples may be the most spread out among all human populations since they have stretched almost completely around the earth's surface as either natives or as conquering migrants. They can be found as far "east" as Greenland, and yet also as far to the "west" as Kalmykia, the Crimea, and even Scandinavia, giving Asiatic peoples or their descendants a historical presence across the vast expanse of four continents. The Republic of Kalmykia (Kalmyk: Хальмг Таңһч; Russian: ) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... Motto: Процветание в единстве - Prosperity in unity Anthem: Нивы и горы твои волшебны, Родина - Your fields amd mounts are wonderful, Motherland Capital Simferopol Largest cities Simferopol, Eupatoria, Kerch, Theodosia, Yalta Official language Ukrainian. ... See also the Nordic countries. ...

Peoples in the Mongoloid race

Han Chinese

The Han Chinese are by far the most populous Mongoloid "group"; indeed, they are often said to be the largest single group of any race. However, they are really not a truly coherent, single ethnicity. The concept of a unified group of Han Chinese is more so a cultural anthropological concept rather than an biological anthropological one. Studies have shown that the North Chinese are closer to Northern Mongoloids such as Koreans and Japanese, while the South Chinese are closer to their immediate Southern counterparts like the Lao and Vietnamese. Even these two classifications only touch the surface of the vast diversity within the Han Chinese ethnic group; for example, population samples from Shanghai and Jiangsu area share both Northern Mongoloid and Southern Mongoloid characteristics in addition to having genetically unique characteristics not found in other Han populations, suggesting integration of indigenous peoples unique to its location. [3] [4] Han Chinese (Simplified Chinese: 汉族; Traditional Chinese: 漢族; Hanyu pinyin: ) is a term which refers to the majority ethnic group within China and the largest single human ethnic group in the world. ... North China (北方 Hanyu pinyin: Běifāng) and South China (南方 Hanyu pinyin: Nánfāng) are two approximate regions within China. ... North China (北方 Hanyu pinyin: Běifāng) and South China (南方 Hanyu pinyin: Nánfāng) are two approximate regions within China. ... Shanghai (Chinese: 上海 pinyin: (help· info); Shanghainese: Zanhe ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is Chinas largest city. ... Jiangsu (Simplified Chinese: 江苏; Traditional Chinese: 江蘇; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chiang-su; Postal System Pinyin: Kiangsu) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. ...

Northern Mongoloids

The Northern Mongoloid peoples of North Asia and Central Asia, have relatively hairy bodies and facial features, as well as longer faces and somewhat long nosebridges that are considered to define the "prototype" Mongoloid physical type. Farther to the south and east of interior Asia, the northern and interior the Japanese, Ainu, Koreans and some northern Han Chinese or Manchurians also continue to inherit these other prototypical physical features. Other Northern Mongoloids include many smaller groups in Central Asia and the Arctic regions such as the Buryats, Chukchis, Tuvans, Nivkhs, Yakuts, Inuit, Tibetans, and, Mongolians. The Ainu (pronounced , eye-noo, アイヌ / aynu) are an ethnic group indigenous to Hokkaido, the northern part of Honshu in Northern Japan, the Kuril Islands, much of Sakhalin, and the southernmost third of the Kamchatka peninsula. ... Han Chinese (Simplified Chinese: 汉族; Traditional Chinese: 漢族; Hanyu pinyin: ) is a term which refers to the majority ethnic group within China and the largest single human ethnic group in the world. ... The Manchu (manju in Manchu; 滿族 (pinyin: mǎnzú) in Chinese, often shortened to 滿 (pinyin: mǎn) are an ethnic group who originated in northeastern Manchuria. ... The Buryats, numbering approximately 436,000, are the largest ethnic minority group in Siberia and are mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic. ... Chukchi, or chukchee (Russian: чукчи (plural), chukcha, чукча (singular)) are an indigenous people inhabiting the northeasternmost portion of the Russian Federation on the shores of the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea. ... Tuvans (or Tuvinians) are a group of Turkic people who make up about two thirds of the population of Tuva. ... The Nivkhs (also Nivkh or Gilyak; ethnonym: Nivxi; language, нивхгу - Nivxgu) are an indigenous people inhabiting the region of the region of the Amur River estuary and on nearby Sakhalin Island. ... Yakuts, self-designation: Sakha, are a Turkic people associated with Yakutia/Sakha Republic. ... Inuit (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, singular Inuk or Inuq / ᐃᓄᒃ) is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic coasts of Siberia, Alaska, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Labrador and Greenland. ... A Tibetan pilgrim The Tibetans speak the Tibetan language natively and form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), although in anthropological terms they include more than one ethnic group. ...

New World Mongoloids

Certain Native American or Aboriginal groups indigenous to the northwest coast (the Haida people of British Columbia) and far north (various Inuit and Innu groups of Alaska and Northern Canada) of North America, often resemble the Japanese or Central Asians and are much closer to the Northern Mongoloid type than even Southeast Asians. However, Native Americans of the United States or of the tropical Americas had again adapted features like those of the Southeast Asians. The Haida are an indigenous people of the west coast of North America. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages none stated in law; English is de facto Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 36 6 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked 5th 944,735... Inuit (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, singular Inuk or Inuq / ᐃᓄᒃ) is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic coasts of Siberia, Alaska, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Labrador and Greenland. ... The Innu are the indigenous inhabitants of an area they refer to as Nitassinan, which comprises most of the Quebec-Labrador peninsula in Eastern Canada. ... Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 1st 663,267 mi² / 1 717 854 km² 808 mi / 1300 km 1,479 mi / 2380 km 13. ...

The Amerindians may be considered a separate division of the Mongoloids as well, the New World Mongoloids, which branched off of the Northern Mongoloids from Siberia and other parts of Northeast Asia and went their separate ways when they crossed over to North America and South America. Siberia Siberia (Russian: , common English transliterations: Sibir’, Sibir; from the Tatar for “sleeping land”) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ... East Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

Turkic Mongoloids

In Central Asia, the Uzbeks, the Uighur, the Kyrgyz, and the Kazakhs show strong Turkic Mongoloid elements, which would make them the Western cousins of the Mongolians. However, among them, and especially among Uzbeks and Uyghurs in particular, one may notice a continuum of physical types that ranges from northern Mongoloid to Europoid Caucasoid. This tends to also be true among the modern Tatars (Bulgars) and Bashkirs. Historically, the Huns and the ancient Tatars have been considered to belong to the Mongoloid family. The Turkmen, while are still Central Asian Turkic-Mongoloids, have mixed heavily with Caucasoid neighbours to the west, and many of the even more westerly Turkic-speakers, such as those in Azerbaijan appear to have little or no visible Mongoloid ancestry. Uyghurs (also called Uighurs, Uygurs, or Uigurs) (Chinese: 維吾爾 or 维吾尔 in pinyin: wéiwúěr) are a Turkic ethnic group of people living in northwestern China (mainly in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where they are the dominant ethnic group together with Han people), Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. ... Kirghiz (also Kyrgyz) are a Turkic ethnic group found primarily in Kyrgyzstan. ... The Kazakhs (also spelled Kazak or Qazaq), (in Kazakh: Қазақ []; in Russian: Казах; English term is the transliteration from Russian) are a Turkic people of the northern parts of Central Asia (largely Kazakhstan, but also found in parts of Russia and China). ... The Huns were a confederation of Eurasian tribes, most likely of diverse origin with a Turkic-speaking aristocracy, who appeared in Europe in the 4th century. ... Tatars (Tatar: Tatarlar/Татарлар) (Persian: تاتار) is a collective name applied to the Turkic people of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. ...

Southern Mongoloids

The typically shorter-nosed, less hairy, and more slender counterparts in the south, starting with the southern Han Chinese of the southeastern coast, are believed to be adapted to damper climates and mixed with Austronesian prototypes migrating to the Pacific Ocean. The Austronesian languages are a family of languages widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. ...

The peoples of the majority of continental Southeast Asia (specifically, those who are located west of the Annamite Mountain range), Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines are considered Mongoloid according to the four-race theory; however, they are genetically distinct from their neighbors to the north and may be considered a Southern Mongoloid race. In Southeast Asia, these Southern Mongoloids have assimilated, mixed in with, or replaced Australoids in some areas. Some Pacific Islanders or Polynesians may also be considered Mongoloids; however in this area of the world, Australoids and Mongoloids have hybridized considerably and the lines between the two "races" are blurred. A Pacific Islander or Pacific Person (plural: Pacific People) is a term used in several places, such as New Zealand and the United States, to describe people of a certain heritage. ... Polynesians settled the vast Polynesian triangle by 700AD Polynesian culture refers to the aboriginal culture of the Polynesian-speaking peoples of Polynesia and the Polynesian outliers. ...

Although the Vietnamese (who are located and originate to the northeast of the Annamite Mountain Range) are geographically labelled as "Southeast Asians", their ethnic and cultural heritage ties them to their immediate northern neighbours, the Southern Chinese and other tribes within the proximity of South China. North China (北方 Hanyu pinyin: Běifāng) and South China (南方 Hanyu pinyin: Nánfāng) are two approximate regions within China. ...

Characteristic features

Epicanthal folds and oblique palpebral fissures that create almond-shaped eyes are common among most Mongoloid individuals, though their occurrence among Amerindians is almost absent, except for those in the North American west coast and far north. The presence of epicanthal folds is most common in people of East Asian and Southeast Asian descent. The fold covers and appears to lower the inner corners of the eyes, creating the appearance of "slanted eyes". It is commonly known amongst Asians as "single eyelids", as opposed to "double eyelids". The occurrence of the epicanthic fold is believed to be an evolutionary defense against both the extreme cold as well as the extreme light that occurs in the Eurasian arctic and far north. An epicanthal fold, epicanthic fold or epicanthus is a skin fold of the upper eyelid (from the nose to the inner side of the eyebrow) covering the inner corner (medial canthus) of the eye. ...

Most also exhibit the Mongolian spot from birth to about age four, though it may also be found at a much reduced frequency among European and African populations. The vast majority also have straight black hair, dark brown eyes, and relatively flat and broad faces. Dark brown hair and lighter brown or even grey eyes do occur, but less so. This is especially true among "Southern", or non-prototype Orientals. The term Mongolian Spot(s) or Mongolian Blue Spot refers to smooth brown or blue-gray birthmarks usually on the lower back and buttocks area of normal infants. ...

Less-rounded faces, somewhat higher nose bridges, and greater facial and body hair may sometimes also occur. These characteristics have been seen in some mongoloids of the Japanese archipelago and those of North and Northwest China. Very thick, wavy hair is common in North China and in Korea; and the occurrence of grey eyes and even blue eyes has been seen among a few Central Asians and Mongolians. Such prototypical Mongoloid features seem to have originated among Asians who originate from drier, arid, or colder inland or northern regions. Whereas tropical and damper weather along the Pacific coast or in the proximity of the Equator seems to have contributed to "softer" or smoother physical features, and significantly less body and facial hair. The same might also be argued for Africans. North China (北方 Hanyu pinyin: Běifāng) and South China (南方 Hanyu pinyin: Nánfāng) are two approximate regions within China. ... Korea (see Names of Korea) refers to the civilization and geographical area situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, bordering China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast, with Japan situated to the southeast across the Korea Strait. ... For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ... The equator is an imaginary circle drawn around a planet (or other astronomical object) at a distance halfway between the poles. ...

Genetic history

According to a modern anthropological textbook The Human Species (2003), there only exists "continuous variation" of races and not "discrete units", but historically Mongoloid populations are considered to be a division of the Eurasian Supercluster, which comprises both Caucasoids (Western Eurasians) and Mongoloids (Eastern Eurasians). After the Mongoloids split from the Caucasoids, the Mongoloids themselves divided into the Northern (Northeast Asians) and Southern (Southeast Asians and Pacific Islanders) Mongoloid groups. As mentioned above, the Amerindians are a group which branched off the Northern Mongoloid population before crossing into the New World. East Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... A Pacific Islander or Pacific Person (plural: Pacific People) is a term used in several places, such as New Zealand and the United States, to describe people of a certain heritage. ... Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, c. ...

These various divisions of humanity have interbred throughout history and pre-history, making racial classification a more generalized form of taxonomy than an absolute one. According to the above reference: "There has never been a clear consensus on the actual number (of races), though". Wikimedia Commons has media related to: History For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... Prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history) is the period of human history prior to the advent of writing (which marks the beginning of recorded history). ...

• The first modern East Asians ?: another look at Upper Cave 101, Liujiang and Minatogawa It may be that if ancestral East Asians are present that they remain unidentifiable. Is there anything particularly East Asian in the morphology of these fossils, and if not, does it necessarily follow that East Asian skeletal morphology has evolved only recently? Is it a possibility that migration across the Bering Straits went in two directions and the first morphological Mongoloids evolved in the Americas?

See also

• Negroid
• Capoid
• Asian Skulls This website discusses the variation in Asian skulls.