Classify Marco Hofschneider

**Gamera** · 01-09-2011, 04:51 AM

German actor.

**Magister Eckhart** · 01-09-2011, 05:10 AM

Was he in Das Boot?

I'd say Neo-Danubian, and quite typical of that type as well. Is he from Saxony, by any chance? The Neo-Danubian type is dominant there.

**Davy Jones's Locker** · 01-10-2011, 10:06 PM

Borreby?

**Pallantides** · 01-10-2011, 10:29 PM

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**Rostislav** · 01-10-2011, 10:50 PM

He has been classifed as East Baltic mixed with Nordic (Aryan), so i go with that.

**Magister Eckhart** · 01-10-2011, 11:11 PM

Originally Posted by Coat of arms

He has been classifed as East Baltic mixed with Nordic (Aryan), so i go with that.

I would disagree with that; frankly I'm not really sold on the Baltid. Admittedly, Baltids have much in common with Alpinid specimens, so I can see where one would draw that conclusion, but his appearance is simply too typical of the Neo-Danubian type to suggest admixture (except insofar as Neo-Danubian is a variation on an Alpinid foundation).

I would be especially wary of saying "East Baltic/Nordic" admixture because East Baltid is itself a Nordic/Borreby admixture. Neo-Danubian, one should bear in mind, it also a Nordic admixture with Ladogan and Alpinid traits, which is where one might come up with the "East Baltic/Nordic" idea.

At any rate, I encourage you to reconsider your classification on this basis, and I refer you to Plates 7, 11, and 31 in Coon's Races of Europe (between pp. 399-400) for consideration.

**Ugo Tognazzi** · 01-11-2011, 11:49 PM

no Nordid whatsoever, Aryan its a misleading term It would fit Indians best

essentially an Alpino/Borreby. head height and light bulb shape point clearly to a Borreby/Alpinoid type. proportions reminds me some types seen in some old Swiss series posted by Agrippa. Minor (reduced) Faelid traits might be also at play