European Racial Types (Ripley)
| Head | Face | Hair | Eyes | Stature | Nose | Synonyms | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine | Round | Broad | Chestnut, dark brown, blonde, red | Hazel, brown or gray | Medium, stocky | Variable; rather broad; heavy | Occidental (Deniker), Homo Alpinus (Lapouge) | |
| Mediterranean | Long | Long | Black | Dark | Medium, slender | Rather broad | ||
| Nordic | Long | Long | Very light | Blue | Tall | Narrow; aquiline | Nordic (Deniker), Homo Europaeus (Lapouge) |
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