East Baltic race
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Caucasian race
The term Caucasian race has been used to denote the general physical type of some or all of the populations of Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Western Asia , Central Asia and South Asia...
) race into which it was divided by anthropologists
Anthropology
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in the early 20th century.
The term East Baltic race was coined by the anthropologist
Anthropology
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Rolf Nordenstreng, but was popularised by the race theorist Hans F. K. Günther. It was characterised as "short, short-headed, broad-faced, with heavy, massive under-jaw, chin not prominent, flat, rather broad, short nose with low bridge; stiff, light (ash-blond
Blond
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) hair; light (grey or whitish blue) eyes, standing out; light skin with a grey undertone." In Günther's work, the term formed part of a hierarchical "Nordicist
Nordic theory
The Nordic race is one of the racial subcategories into which the Caucasian race was divided by anthropologists in the first half of the 20th century...
" racial model, of which Günther was a principal exponent. Madison Grant
Madison Grant
Madison Grant was an American lawyer, historian and physical anthropologist, known primarily for his work as a eugenicist and conservationist...
theorised that the East Baltic race was a blend of Nordics and Alpines
Alpine race
The Alpine race is an historical racial classification or sub-race of humans, considered a branch of the Caucasian race. The term is not commonly used today, but was popular in the early 20th century.-History:...
.
Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt
Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt
Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt was a German physical anthropologist who classified humanity into races.-Racial typology:...
named it Osteuropids.
See also
- Balto-Slavic peoples