Originally Posted by
Veslan
For Baltoids it's higher cephalic index (skull is frontally wider and shorter from a profile, usually with a flattened occipit) plus generally softer facial features.
I don't know what a Baltoid is, but at least East Baltid is a coarse and hard type, not soft, and it has a rectangular face shape with a heavy jaw.
Günther (https://www.theapricity.com/earlson/...eoehchap2e.htm):
The breadth and stockiness is even more pronounced in the East Baltic race than in the Alpine; and there is, furthermore, the certain coarseness of bone which is so characteristic of it. The relatively great breadth of shoulder in the East Baltic race is particularly marked, and gives a coarsening effect. [...]
The East Baltic head, too, gives a broad and coarse-boned effect. It is relatively large and heavy, and in particular the face has a massive effect compared with the cranial portion. This is heightened by the characteristic under jaw, which is massive and heavy, and broad, short, and bony in structure, with an unprominent chin. [...]
The fleshy parts show fewer deposits of fat than in the Alpine race; the coarseness of the skull bones is not hidden.
Coon:
- "The bigonial diameter of the Finns is very broad,[103] to the standards of the very quite equal Livs, and gives the Finnish face the square appearance for which it is noted." (https://www.theapricity.com/snpa/chapter-IX11.htm)
- "In bodily proportions the Esths are seen to be frequently heavily built, with long bodies and the extremely high relative span of 107 or 108. It was this excessive development of the arms and shoulders, along with a wide mandible, that the Norwegians found most characteristic of the Finns who had affected the population of their southeastern provinces." (https://www.theapricity.com/snpa/chapter-IX10.htm)
Lundman (https://www.theapricity.com/snpa/rastyper-04.htm):
a) the Tavastid type, below Swedish average length (c. 170 cm.), especially broad-axis and coarse with short legs and medium arms. Head short (BLI c. 82-83) and high (HLI c. 76) with flat neck, moreover large wide and knotty (facial index c. 85). Large square slightly flat face with steep profile, high wide forehead and wide angular and plump non-protruding chin. Bottom wide but often pointed upturned nose.
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