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[DearCoolZ]

Please keep this thread clean,its for the physical anthropology of chinese population purpose.



I think The general Facial Characteristics of northern Chinese people are: tall nose, more single-folds, long and well-defined face, hairs are more thick and straight, lighter and taller.


In general Southern Chinese: higher chances of having double eye-folds,flattened out nose, shorter face, hairs are more softer, darker and shorter.



Anyone wants to add more to it?

[Yongwoni GOD]

Please keep this thread clean,its for the physical anthropology of chinese population purpose.
I think The general Facial Characteristics of northern Chinese people are: tall nose, more single-folds, long and well-defined face, hairs are more thick and straight, lighter and taller.
In general Southern Chinese: higher chances of having double eye-folds,flattened out nose, shorter face, hairs are more softer, darker and shorter.
Anyone wants to add more to it?

I thought that the southern Chinese had longer and more angular faces than the northern Chinese. Also, not alot of southern Chinese have flattened out noses.

[qrasy]

Erm, no. North Asians have long, broad faces with brachycephalic (short in profile) skulls. Whereas south Chinese, south east Asians have shorter, narrower faces with dolichocephalic (long in profile) skulls.

Erm... not sure what "profile" here you mean.
Do you mean the thickness or...?

[DearCoolZ]

Henanese







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henan football player

Edited by DearCoolZ, 23 May 2006 - 10:46 PM.

[lifezard]

In many southerners, f.e Chiang Kai Shek, the back of the skull is long when viewed from the side. (dolichocephalic) Similar to an African only less extreme.

Whereas in north Asians, it's the opposite.

I think perhaps you should explain a little bit about the cephalic index, so as not to confused folks here with terms like dolichocephalic brachycephalic etc.

cephalic index is the measure of the wideness of the head(left to right) versus the length of the head(up to down).

dolichocephalic (index <70) refers to one whose head is relatively long compared to wide.

brachycephalic (index>75) refers to one whose head is relatively wide compared to long.

mesocephalic refers to those in between ..

This is a rather out-dated method of comparing race though, in my opinion

[urofpersia]

I think perhaps you should explain a little bit about the cephalic index, so as not to confused folks here with terms like dolichocephalic brachycephalic etc.

cephalic index is the measure of the wideness of the head(left to right) versus the length of the head(up to down).

dolichocephalic (index <70) refers to one whose head is relatively long compared to wide.

brachycephalic (index>75) refers to one whose head is relatively wide compared to long.

mesocephalic refers to those in between ..

This is a rather out-dated method of comparing race though, in my opinion

One of the reasons why some folks have a flatter back of the head is how we were cared for as infants. When we are born our skull is still soft and too much lying on the back tend to result in a 'flat' back of head. contrast this with say Thais or other cultures where there is a culture of making sure the skull develop well as infants. This custom exist among some Taiwanese as well.

A careful reading of the above should show I am not saying the shape of the head is a matter of nurture versus nature, just in case some of you are inclined to argue about that.

[DearCoolZ]

cantonese girls



cantonese men



men and women



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Noteable facial features: shorter face, flatter nose, bigger eyes

[DearCoolZ]

Shandong people



















noteable facial features: smaller eyes, longer face,more body fats.

[DearCoolZ]

shaanxi people

[lifezard]

DearCoolz>

I thought this is a thread about Southern Chinese people?? Your picture collection have more Northern people (Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi) than Southern people (Guangdong only?)Any way good work, (it would be great if you can find pics from every provinces , North and South... and let people here make judgement for themselves ..

[DearCoolZ]

beijinger

[DearCoolZ]

fujianese



(this girl looks very fujianese,i've seen many fujianese girls look like her)






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