origin of the mediterranean race

[Cromlech]

Originally Posted by Menydh

But right or wrong, enough anthropologists have used the term "race" to refer to the Mediterranean, etc. Never mind that these are umbrella terms that more often than not encompass different types probably originating from different original races.

Exact. My doubts are about this: Have all the mediterraneans (speaking racially, not genetically) a racial common origin in the Near East, or are they independent groups (also racially) similar among them beacuse of convergence evolution, due to a similar enviroment?

The second option can be commendable as they share a racial common origin (auriñacid or capelloid)?

[Menydh]

You might want to read this:

Ernest Hooton on the Mediterranean race (in English)
Earnest Hooton sobre la subraza Mediterránea (in Spanish)