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About Zavier
Expertise
Physical and biological anthropology, paleoanthropology, osteology, human evolution, prehistoric fauna, primate evolution, primate ecology/biology as well as some expertise in zoology (specifically big cats) and paleontology (post Cretaceous to Holocene knowledge of prehistoric fauna). I do not answer questions that do not relate to anything mentioned above (this includes questions regarding libraries, technology, and history, just to name a few that I have been receiving).

Experience
Teacher Assistant at University of Toronto for first and second year Anthropology courses. Will be doing field work in France, Germany and Portugal on assessing various characteristics of Neanderthal populations.

Organizations
Snow Leopard Trust

Education/Credentials
Graduate student- BSc in Biological Anthropology and Health studies.

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Anthropology - Facial Differences

Expert: Zavier - 8/22/2008

Question
Can you tell the nationality of people from the middle east, say Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc by their face? If I showed you a picture of a person's face could you - or anyone else, tell which country that person came from?

Answer
Hi Jeff,

Personally, I could not pin-point the exact nationality of a person of Middle Eastern decent. A lot of countries within that geographic region show similar and comparable patterns of facial features which makes it difficult to accurately identify the country of origin. Moreover, the Middle East is located right in between the Mediterranean and Southwest Asia; hence a person from Afghanistan can resemble a Greek or a Tajik.
Finally, the exact definition of “Middle East” is not conclusive, with some authors excluding or including certain countries within their definition.

Thanks for your question,

Zavier

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