Sami are typical north europeans or more exotic and darker generally speaking?

[Furnace]

I think they're the reason why Sweden and Norway as a whole have a lower average height compared to Denmark.

Erm no..

Denmark 182.6 cm (6 ft 0 in) Self-reported
Norway 182.4 cm (6 ft 0 in) Measured
Sweden 181.5 cm (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Measured

Self-reporting as a source is just hilarious, and the on the chart it's barely noticable.


Other sites show that Danes are even shorter.

[MINARDOWICZ]

Saamis are definitely darker than other Scandos and Finns. They also look different in other ways. It would be odd if they didn't because they are also genetically very distinct even from the Finns. That's likely not due to some monogoloid admixture, however. They have retained a big portion of a lineage of mesolithic European hunter-gatherer genes.

Maybe but according to most calcs, they are genetically "castizo" like. LOL! I saw a trustworthy composition claim 27% northeast asian... This isn't much, if you think about it, given how high Finns score. It's like 2.5-3 times the ammount in finns right?

[FeederOfRavens]

Erm no..

Denmark 182.6 cm (6 ft 0 in) Self-reported
Norway 182.4 cm (6 ft 0 in) Measured
Sweden 181.5 cm (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Measured

Self-reporting as a source is just hilarious, and the on the chart it's barely noticable.


Other sites show that Danes are even shorter.

So you don't believe Danes are as tall as other Scandos?

[Insuperable]

I think they are darker than other Northern Europeans. Surprisingly, some can look very Balkanoid, judging by some pics posted here over time.

[Furnace]

So you don't believe Danes are as tall as other Scandos?

You said Danes were taller than the rest, by a considerable margin. Just sayin'.

[FeederOfRavens]

You said Danes were taller than the rest, by a considerable margin. Just sayin'.

Ok

[Harkonnen]

The Saami are not in no way a typical northern European population, nor are they in fact a typical arctic population either. If you read the works of old anthropologists you will notice that according to them Saamis are both shorter and more gracile than the Northeast Asian populations (Saamis fex have weak mandibles, where as Siberian populations have strong mandibles). So in that sense it becomes nonsense to explain their physical type only through their Siberian genes.

Here is a picture from Madison Grant I believe



The skull on the left is a Eskimo skull and the skull on the right is 'supposed' to be a Sami skull. Personally I believe that the skull on the right is some strange trolling from Grants part. It looks extremely peculiar to be a typical skull of any population. It could be that it is a childs skull fex. Nevertheless modern science also has confirmed that Saami are a bit of a enigma what comes to physical type. It is a well known fact that Arctic populations tend to harbor very large brain capacities, but Saamis are a bit below European average in this regard whereas Finns fex have very large heads http://yle.fi/uutiset/big-headed_fin...charts/7266267

I think it could be possible, that they have, as a population, at some point went through long periods of extreme famine, which has had a effect on their physical type.

[TheForeigner]

I think they are darker than other Northern Europeans. Surprisingly, some can look very Balkanoid, judging by some pics posted here over time.

That's what I was thinking watching this saami documentary on youtube. They looked a bit like romanians I know.

[TheForeigner]

The Saami are not in no way a typical northern European population, nor are they in fact a typical arctic population either. If you read the works of old anthropologists you will notice that according to them Saamis are both shorter and more gracile than the Northeast Asian populations (Saamis fex have weak mandibles, where as Siberian populations have strong mandibles). So in that sense it becomes nonsense to explain their physical type only through their Siberian genes.

Here is a picture from Madison Grant I believe



The skull on the left is a Eskimo skull and the skull on the right is 'supposed' to be a Sami skull. Personally I believe that the skull on the right is some strange trolling from Grants part. It looks extremely peculiar to be a typical skull of any population. It could be that it is a childs skull fex. Nevertheless modern science also has confirmed that Saami are a bit of a enigma what comes to physical type. It is a well known fact that Arctic populations tend to harbor very large brain capacities, but Saamis are a bit below European average in this regard whereas Finns fex have very large heads http://yle.fi/uutiset/big-headed_fin...charts/7266267

I think it could be possible, that they have, as a population, at some point went through long periods of extreme famine, which has had a effect on their physical type.

Very interesting. Some Finn member here used to argue with Agrippa and others and got very defensive against claims of saamis not being regular north europeans, just slightly more brunet and very slightly shorter. But are Coon's claim of them having small hands, feet and genitals like mongoloids and being more infantilized generally true or exagerated. That Finn said older generations of anthropologists were prejudiced against saamis and tried to make them more different in their works by lieing.

[Stimpy]

To make things very simple:
Samis = proto-European hunter-gatherer + (ancient)Siberian nomad
Other Scandos = proto-European hunter-gatherer + (ancient)mid-eastern farmer

In modern times Samis are pretty mixed with other Scandos though.