I think the Sardinian people look like ordinary Europeans.

[ninjaboy]

Genetics, SNPs related with skin colour(namely SLC24 and SLC45 but there's a few other minor ones).

Yes, I doubt Basques are actually lighter skinned than French. I didn't present the map as fact, but as a counter point to the usual ignorant stuff people like the OP post like Anatolian farmers bringing light skin into Europe. You have to wonder with their same flawed data are Sardinians the population carrying the least of these SNPs(in reality, Anatolian farmers, for the most part, only had SLC24 like all West Eurasians, including Saudis, while SLC45 was spread by EHG, and neither of those things mean WHG had dark skin, they just had different SNPs for light skin like East Asians do, Google Oroqen people and obviously you see they aren't dark skinned).

Phenotype prediction is a very, very early science, only in 2018 did a paper find hundreds of new SNPs associated with blondism, when Hirisplex only uses 3-4, so always take anything with genetics and phenotype with a grain of salt.

Really? Actually, Hirisplex S was updated in 2018, and it tests lots of snps, not solely the light skin alleles SLC24A5 and SLC45A2. So, it checks other alleles that contribute to pigmentation as well, which the HIrisPLex model is based on. Thus, this tool is supposed to be much more accurate than just using SLC24A5 and SLC45A2 alone. Hence, for instance, if a European is homogeneous for SLC24A5, and ancestral for SLC45A2, but also carries OCA2, and ASIP that are associated with darker skin color, it means that this person is rather "very dark". That’s what versed people in genetics told me. However, the Hirisplex S category "dark" isn't that dark, very dark to black is not SSA-like either. Besides, I heard from people who used this predictor that it's accurate. However, I wonder how accurate Hirisplex S is for predicting the eye and skin color of ancient people? Do you have any idea?

[Roy]

I find them less exotic than Sicilians and Apulians.

[Ayetooey]

I don't think there's such a thing as ordinary European; Europe is just a continent. The differences between different Europeans are a lot larger than most people on this forum will ever admit.

[Septentrion]

They are Europeans ( South Euros) ! They are not from outer space!

[Septentrion]

A very good - looking Sardinian lady!
https://i.pinimg.com/236x/f4/97/ec/f...9b5fc1a3c9.jpg

[Septentrion]

Paleo Sardinian phenotype
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/39/06...7029f757fc.jpg https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...I9LDw&usqp=CAU

[Gondor]

I find them less exotic than Sicilians and Apulians.

Apulians look almost like central Italians, no way they are more exotic than Sardinians. They are much lighter.

https://www.google.com/search?q=pugl...1dIVirgqzs23vM

It's a google search for "High school Puglia" in Italian (Apulia). They don't even look that different from Northeners...

Look for it yourself.

[Deusex99]

Apulians look almost like central Italians, no way they are more exotic than Sardinians. They are much lighter.

https://www.google.com/search?q=pugl...1dIVirgqzs23vM

It's a google search for "High school Puglia" in Italian (Apulia). They don't even look that different from Northeners...

Look for it yourself.

He probably meant the Calabrians, who are indeed lighter than the Sardinians.

[Septentrion]

Gee wiz! Sardinia is in Europe. How do you expect them to look like?

[Septentrion]

I find them less exotic than Sicilians and Apulians.

Why do you mean by exotic? A fair - skinned, blond - haired, blue - eyed, Ladogan - featured person from Finland or Russia or Poland will look exotic in Southern Italy, Greece or Southern Spain, etc....
So you should be smarter to use the word “exotic”, because it is subjective.