Berid

### Location:

Southern Iberian peninsula, Southern Italy, and North Africa. Very rarely in UK.

### Similar types:

Paleo Sardinian, Atlanto-Mediterranean, Pontid, Berberid, Paleo Atlantid

### Body:

Short to medium height, mesomorph to endomorph

### Nasal shape:

Mildly leptorrhine to mesorrhine, often concave

Low skulled, pyknomorphic, and somewhat reduced Mediterranid-Cromagnid intermediate type with (possible) Berberid influence. Went through some process of alpinization, but still contains some Cromagnid features. Similar to Paleo Sardinian. Mostly found in Southern Iberia, Galicia, Southern Italy and parts of Northern Africa. Very common in the peasantry of southeastern Spain, where it may be the dominant type.

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## Physical traits:

Fair to light brown skin. straight or wavy, brown to black hair. Dark eyes. Short to medium height, mesoskelic, mesomorph to endomorph. Dolicho-mesocephalic, chamae-orthocranic. Nose is mildly leptorrhine to mesorrhine, often concave and somewhat large. Robust features, strong and pronounced jaw. Sometimes mild prognathy. Body hair usually heavy. Sometimes shows pseudo-mongoloid eyes like in Berberid. If the Alpinid element is predominant, it may show softer facial features and a more rounded face.

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## Notable examples

### Male examples

* José Cid, Portuguese musician
* Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer and navigator
* Michael DeLano, American actor and entertainer
* Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist
* Fernando Tordo, Portuguese singer and composer
* Buddy Valastro, American chef and restauranteur (Italian descent)
* Tomás Roncero, Spanish journalist
* Manolo Sanchís, Spanish former football player

### Female examples

* Dina, Portuguese singer
* Simone de Oliveira, Portuguese singer and actress
* Liz Torres, American actress and singer (Puerto Rican descent)
* Sandra, German pop artist
* Rosalía, Spanish singer
* Clara Wilsey, American actress and model

For fictional characters of this type, see Berid/Fictional characters

## Gallery:

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## References

"The first documented anthropological characterization of the berid taxon." is by Fritz Paudler in his *Cro-Magnon-Studien. Eine geschichtliche und programmatische Skizze* which begins on page 641 of volume 12/13 1917 12/13 1917/1918 of *Anthropos.*

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