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I've been saying this for a long time now, but people still habitually use it. I don't blame them. I guess they don't know what type of Med West Asian Meds are, so they go with "east med". To me personally 'east meds' are either Gracile-Meds or Atlanto-Meds, with some Armenoid/Taurid characteristics or influences.
From what I heard, East Med is a catch-all term for the phenotypes in Western Asia, which include Iranid, Anatolid, Armenoid, Assyroid and Arabid. Technically, these are all "East Mediterranean" phenotypes. And "Pontid" is just a European-based "east med" found in the Balkans and surrounds.
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That's exactly what it is, its Gracile Med(usually a South Euro phenotype probably thanks to high EEF that also occurs in west Asia in large enough frequencies) and some Dinaricized blend. "East Med" isn't a thing. Never heard of such a phenotype anywhere outside this magical forum.
Pontid is simply a designation for Med but is generally passed out like candy to European groups as you've alluded too which is funny because there is absolutely no shortage of these types in the northernmost areas of West Asia and borderline regions like the Caucasus. Nothing uniquely European about this type.
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I'm guilty of doing that.
I often proclaim East Med when I want to describe an aesthetic that, it might be reasonably said, can pass in both Southern Europe/Balkans and West Asia.
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Yeah well we're genetically close to Levantines but both groups are closer to other ethnicities. So while there is some overlap in phenotype we don't score the same on paper.
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This isn't some novelty or curiosity for me. This is of fundamental importance to my spiritual life. I didn't come across TA by happenstance or in any way willy nilly.
Something guided me here. Something that I can neither see nor touch wants me to engage with as many aesthetics as possible.
My contribution to TA taxonomy may be modest and informal, but I stand by my classifications and passifications with every breath I take.
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