Is arabid a gracile-med adapted to the desert?

[Joso]

Some persons claim it...

[The Great Uniter]

Hmmm... no.

[Zroota]

Not quite. Arabids and Gracile meds still have distinctive facial features. Besides the skin tone, these are the perceivable differences:

*Textbook Arabids tend to be very dolichocephalic, whilst Gracile-Meds can be within the mesocephalic range.
*Gracile-Meds have smaller or narrow mouth area, whereas Arabids have a more protruding mouth (aka, "Semitic smile", as coined by someone in here)
*Noses are larger in textbook Arabids.

Maybe there are more that I can't think of right now.

The only reason why Gracile-Meds are affiliated with Arabid is because of mixing, due to the proximate location. There are some people in the Levant and even Sicily that are a Gracile-Med/Arabid combo. One example being Lady Gaga, give her a darker pigmentation and she can be an Arabid somewhat:
http://www.bestmusic.ro/_files/image/lady_gaga_2007.jpg

[Joso]

bump

[Smeagol]

Yes.

[Gangrel]

Gracile-Meds are coastal adapted versions of Arabids.

[Valwar]

Not quite. Arabids and Gracile meds still have distinctive facial features. Besides the skin tone, these are the perceivable differences:

*Textbook Arabids tend to be very dolichocephalic, whilst Gracile-Meds can be within the mesocephalic range.
*Gracile-Meds have smaller or narrow mouth area, whereas Arabids have a more protruding mouth (aka, "Semitic smile", as coined by someone in here)
*Noses are larger in textbook Arabids.

Maybe there are more that I can't think of right now.

The only reason why Gracile-Meds are affiliated with Arabid is because of mixing, due to the proximate location. There are some people in the Levant and even Sicily that are a Gracile-Med/Arabid combo. One example being Lady Gaga, give her a darker pigmentation and she can be an Arabid somewhat:
http://www.bestmusic.ro/_files/image/lady_gaga_2007.jpg

What says those differences aren't due to desert adaption though? To me, for example large noses seems to be part of desert adaption.

[Joso]

What says those differences aren't due to desert adaption though? To me, for example large noses seems to be part of desert adaption.

yes, I think this way too

[Token]

No, there isn't any special relation between them besides the fact that they are two West Eurasian types.

[Valedictorian]

Yes. Bump for educational purposes :rolleyes: