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Perhaps you're right. But what would you call eastern Mediterraneans (i.e. Levantines and North Mesopotamians who have a Mediterranean appearance)? Pontids or just Meds?
Including every phenotype to the east of the Mediterranean is very technical and far-fetched. The keyword here is "Mediterranean", which means the phenotype must be associated with Med people and also be adjacent to the Med region. By your logic, you can also use the term "East Baltid" to denote Japanese and Koreans, because well, they're to the east of the Baltic region.
Maybe there should be a better and more suited term instead of "east med" to reduce this odd confusion where people include Indids and Gangids.
First of, just because they're brachy that doesn't mean they're Armenoids. By the way, these two male and female examples I displayed are not Armenoid. The guy is some sort of an Asiatic Alpine and Med with Syrid influence. The woman is just Med.
A true, pure Mediterranid may be a doli. But many are within the Meso range as well. The are also native European Meds who are heavily alpinized with brachy skulls. So what, they cannot be Meds? Or they're Armenoids now? Remember, people are very mixed today. Not everyone is 100% Doli or Brachy even. Meds included (maybe besides gracile meds). This means a person can simultaneously be Med and Alpine, having features of both phenotypes. Hence the reason why some Meds may appear broad-headed, whilst still retaining classical Med or Pontid features. It's called being mixed.
Btw, according to human phenotype.com Pontids are an East Med type and are described as "Mesocephalic".
P.S. "East Mediterranean" is not a bona fide, assigned phenotype. It never was. But we use it somehow today for some reason.
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