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地中海人種

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愛爾蘭人，地中海人種。
《Man, Past and Present》(1899年)，奧古斯都·亨利·基恩（英語：Augustus Henry Keane）著
西南英格蘭地區德文郡的英格蘭人，地中海人種。
《The Races of Europe: A Sociological Study》(1899年)，威廉·Z·里普利（英語：William Z. Ripley）著

地中海人種，是人類學在20世紀對歐洲高加索人種的一種分類[1]。他們分布範圍由愛爾蘭西南、蘇格蘭南部、英國西部、威爾士、德國南部、東歐某些地方、西班牙、南歐、北非、中東、近東、中亞西部、南亞部分地區 [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]。

體貌特徵

地中海人種的特徵是暗白膚色，其膚色暗白、黑髮、勾鼻、身材強壯、深色眼球、窄頭型（頭部長闊是七三之比）、長臉與身材不高（五英尺五英寸左右）。

分佈

意大利人，地中海人種。《The Racial Elements of European History 》(1927年)，漢斯·F·K·甘瑟（英語：Hans F.K. Günther）著。

赫胥黎之理論

19世紀英國生物學家托馬斯·亨利·赫胥黎認為，地中海人種乃Xanthochroi（即北歐人種，屬高加索人種之一支）與澳大利亞人種之混合類型；東南歐、西亞及南亞之地中海人種，亦與蒙古人種混合。愛爾蘭人、威爾斯人、布列塔尼人、西班牙人、南義大利人、希臘人、亞美尼亞人、阿拉伯人、印度婆羅門階級人等，均屬此種人種[10]。

庫恩理論

根據人類學家卡爾頓·庫恩（英語：Carleton S. Coon）的說法，地中海人種的「家園和搖籃」在北非和西南亞，從摩洛哥到阿富汗。他進一步指出，地中海人種是巴基斯坦和北印度的主要人口組成部分。庫恩說，體型較小的地中海人種在中石器時代從地中海盆地向北陸路進入歐洲。高個子地中海人種（大西洋-地中海人種）是新石器時代的海上入侵者，他們乘坐蘆葦船航行，從近東起源地開始在地中海盆地定居。他們還在不列顛和愛爾蘭像殖民者一樣定居，今天可以看到他們的後代，其特徵是深棕色頭髮、黑眼睛和強壯的特徵。庫恩在自己的著作中強調了地中海人種的核心作用，聲稱「地中海人種占據了舞台的中心；他們最集中的地區恰恰是文明最古老的地區。這是可以預料的，因為是他們創造了它從某種意義上說，它產生了它們」。[11]自18世紀後半期開始，伴隨着工業革命的興起，英國的地中海人種人口增長迅速。[12][13][14]

另有論者認為，在撒丁尼亞與科西嘉有正宗的地中海人種。[15]

種族理論

19世紀前，地中海人種是地中海與中東，印度文明奠基人與傳播人（美索不達米亞，波斯，埃及，印度，迦太基，希臘和羅馬）。但在19世紀末科學種族主義與白人至上主義者興起後，評價趨於低下，地中海人種被指與黑人混合導致羅馬帝國覆亡。且在北歐種族主義者眼中不是真正白人，其與被認為是最優越的北歐人種相比，地中海人種被劃分為高加索人種中較為低劣的一欄中。地中海人種被認為在工業革命後在英國迅速增長，尤其以城市地區為甚[16]，在前工業革命時代時，與北歐人種相比，該人種本為稀少的少數群體（占英國人口中的少量人種構成因素），但因該人種適應了該時代的生存法則，當時的勞動階級人口多為地中海人種（與貴族階級傾向為北歐人種成為對比），表現為適應了早期衛生條件差且擁擠的城市生活與城市化人口增長等因素，同時北歐人種卻因為戰爭與移民而大量流失，只在空氣與環境素質優良的鄉村地區繁盛，使得地中海人種元素在世代中翻倍上升[17][18]，這種占少數的較古老人種增長的現象被諸多20世紀初的人類學家稱之為「再現」（英語：Re-emergence），意為通過差異選擇機制，以混血人口為載體，重新出現一個古老的人種實體。[19]非北歐人種的上升趨勢被稱為「去北歐化」（Denordization），當時的科學種族主義與北歐種族主義者紛紛對這種趨勢感到擔憂，他們認為法國與德國也同樣遭遇了類似情況（阿爾卑斯人種增多並占據主導地位）。在1950年代之後，人類學家將地中海人種當作整體白人不再細分。

20世紀初一位意大利人類學家朱塞佩·塞吉說他們其實發源於東非，他們與早期智人關係比其他人種密切。

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