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Sikeliot
06-04-2011, 03:50 AM
1) http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/4773734305_a36c0957db_m.jpg
2) http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1125/5182672730_4d87ef5697_m.jpg
3) http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4773735041_5728b1d4fb_m.jpg
4) http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5182672958_b5fc741c0d_m.jpg
5) http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4773735187_20df406ede_m.jpg
6) http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1432/5182074493_71f4be3f16_m.jpg
7) http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4773735255_dc42bcb7a3_m.jpg
8) http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1012/5182074575_f1f0fbbcec_m.jpg
9) http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4774374712_2a07f5b2a4_m.jpg
10) http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1415/5182074771_9f532636eb_m.jpg

Guapo
06-04-2011, 03:56 AM
None of the above,they're so atypical :confused:

aherne
06-04-2011, 07:07 AM
It is by default impossible. They are one ethnic group with totally arbitrary (tribal/religious) borders separating them. Overall, West-South-Slavs become gradually lighter from SE to NW. Also, Slavic element increases from Adriatic coast (where it is very weak) to Danube & Drava. Pre-Slavic element (Illyrian) is dominant everywhere. Overall, the population is very homogenous (much more so than Romanians), with well defined typologies.

poiuytrewq0987
06-04-2011, 07:25 AM
I'll give it a shot. :D

1. Serb
2. Serb
3. Croat
4. Serb
5. Serb
6. Croat
7. Croat
8. Croat
9. Serb
10. Croat

poiuytrewq0987
06-04-2011, 07:27 AM
It is by default impossible. They are one ethnic group with totally arbitrary (tribal/religious) borders separating them. Overall, West-South-Slavs become gradually lighter from SE to NW. Also, Slavic element increases from Adriatic coast (where it is very weak) to Danube & Drava. Pre-Slavic element (Illyrian) is dominant everywhere. Overall, the population is very homogenous (much more so than Romanians), with well defined typologies.

I'm from Vardarska and I'm very light. So that theory of Vardarskaers being typically darker than Croats is simply untrue. Monolith is pretty swarthy but he doesn't look out of place in Hrvatska.

Monolith
06-04-2011, 10:42 AM
Monolith is pretty swarthy but he doesn't look out of place in Hrvatska.
wut? During the summer months maybe. I tan easily.

Also, the argument that West South Slavs are homogeneous is simply bullshit. In my country, there's a rather sharp transition from Baltid, Nordoid and Alpinoid region (North-Central) to Dinaroid and Mediterranoid region (South-Southeast), with only Slavonia (East-Central) being somewhere in between.

But I agree with Guapo. It's impossible to tell who's who in this case.

Monolith
06-04-2011, 10:49 AM
But, for entertainment purposes, I'd say numbers 1, 3, 7, 8 strike me as Serbian. :) Number 6 looks really weird.

Mordid
06-04-2011, 10:51 AM
:bowlol:

Monolith
06-04-2011, 11:20 AM
:bowlol:
Dammit man :D I meant people corresponding to those numbers, not numbers as such lol. :D

Sikeliot
06-04-2011, 03:01 PM
Forget Me Not - 6/10
Monolith - 6/10

poiuytrewq0987
06-04-2011, 03:09 PM
Forget Me Not - 6/10
Monolith - 6/10

Bratstvo i jedinstvo!

Sikeliot
06-04-2011, 03:38 PM
anyone else want to try ?

Sikeliot
06-05-2011, 02:29 AM
I wish more people would guess :lol:

Hess
06-05-2011, 02:34 AM
I wish more people would guess :lol:

There's no point, it's next to impossible. Guessing Croatians and Serbians is like guessing Austrians from Bavarians- that is, the differences are so subtle that you would have to be a Scholar on both regions to figure it out. Even then, it would still be a lottery.

Sikeliot
06-05-2011, 02:36 AM
There's no point, it's next to impossible. Guessing Croatians and Serbians is like guessing Austrians from Bavarians- that is, the differences are so subtle that you would have to be a Scholar on both regions to figure it out. Even then, it would still be a lottery.


:lol: I'll just give it away. Odd numbers are Serbian, even numbers Croatian.

Monolith
06-05-2011, 12:24 PM
There's no point, it's next to impossible. Guessing Croatians and Serbians is like guessing Austrians from Bavarians- that is, the differences are so subtle that you would have to be a Scholar on both regions to figure it out. Even then, it would still be a lottery.
It is hard if you try to guess them individually (though my guess was 75% correct). :) It stops being hard when you compare larger groups because one can almost always tell who's who by comparing certain outliers. Also, comparing Croats and Serbs as one homogeneous group vs. another is not very plausible anyway. Naturally, population genetics only reflects what I said. :)