Armenians, Turks, Kurds the most common physical types among them

[Demhat]

I tought it would be interesting to open a thread about the physical similarities and differences between the three groups.

I noticed many outsiders have rather a hard time telling the three groups physically apart while people who belong to the groups find it rather easier to do so.

Let's start with Armenians. Many people have the misconception that the Armenian majority belongs to the rather classic brachycephalic Armenian type. This element is extremely strong however it is rare even for Armenians to find the classic Armenian type in it's pure form without admixture.

Most Armenians from my observation are rather transitional between the classic Armenian type but with Mediterranean component. This type is also known to many as the Anatolian type, which is basically 2/3 classic Armenian + 1/3 Mediterranean in it's appearance.

A very good example of this type among Armenians is the footballer Henrikh Mkhtaryan.

Here is a Armenian wedding which shows this is the most common type.




red circles are good examples of this Anatolid type which is the most common type among the Armenians. The brown circle represents the only classic brachycephalic Armenian type without admixture from a Mediterranean type. The second most common group are broad short headed alpinized types which are colored green here. Then there are two examples of broad alpinized East Med type which I colored light blue.






Alternative video



Now to the Turks. Among Turks the most common are alpinized forms but most of the time in combination with Eastern Mediterranean(Pontic) and Anatolid. Then there is often a small East Eurasian element to their looks which is probably one factor which adds to the softer alpinized look. Classic urbanized Armenian type is very rare. Virtually almost non existent among Turks. It's almost exclusively the Anatolid form.


Turkish wedding in Southwest Turkey where you basically see all the three major types on display. Apinized forms + Pontic + Anatolid.





Green Alpinized type. Blue Pontic type. Red Anatolid type and pink (one example) is transition from Pontic to Anatolid. The bride and groom appear Pontic but with a Anatolid element to me. Alpinized types are most common here imo with Anatolid & Pontic types following up at second place.




Here is a alternativ wedding where the same components are still the most dominant.





Last but not least the Kurds. The most common types in order are a Irano-Mediterranean type, Alpinized types and Anatolid type. Irano-Mediterranean is a kinda transitional type between classic Iranic and Atlanto-Med. In fact what many old school anthrophologists call Cappadocian Med is one subgroup of this transitional group. Irano-Med is a umbrella term for types which can vary in looks from classic Iranic to Cappadocian or local pseudo Atl-Med types.
This type is most commonly found among Kurds but also North Iranians.






Blue Irano-Med type. Light Blue alpinized Irano-Med. Pink/purple Irano-Med+Anatolid type. Red Anatolid. Green alpinized type








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Among all three groups the common Nominator is the Anatolid and Alpinized types as two of the most common types. The difference is with Armenians the emphasis lies much more around the Anatolid type. While with Turks Pontic type joins in as another dominant type and their dominant phenotypes are more evenly distributed between alpinized types, Anatolid and Pontic. With focus more on alpinized types though.
With the Kurds Irano-Med joins in as a dominant type complimented by alpinized types and Anatolid.

[Babak]

Bro we have so many of these already lmao

[Demhat]

Bro we have so many of these already lmao

To be honest, I don't care about the other OWD versions of this. If any exist already. If you know me you know my posts have mostly scientific value

[Demhat]

Your look is very atypical but not unheard off. You don't look South Indian you look more Afghan.

[Donhueas]

In my ignorant opinion they all have a relatively large alpinid component, but especially Armenian, funny, I think they are perhaps more alpinid than Armenian.

[eastern]

Classify me please

https://imgur.io/a/AcwAnTp

You do really have Kurdish features. But there are certain features that make you stand out. Especially the nose. You have a flatter nose and a lower nose bridge. I'd say Iranid with quite some south (eur)asian influence. If you said you were South Central Asian fully, i could maybe see it. Your phenotype isn't non existent in kurds- it's just less common.

[Applesandoranges]

Bruh, wtf was demhat banned???

[Babak]

Bruh, wtf was demhat banned???

He most likely asked for it.

[Zoro]

He most likely asked for it.

Not really. He crossed the line with certain types of cussing and false accusations

[Hoosierboy]

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