Proto-Mediterranean
Proto-Mediterranean adjective: of a specific human cranial type, associated with populations in the Mediterranean region during the Mesolithic period.
Adjective (1)
Proto-Mediterranean (not comparable)
- Of a specific human cranial type, associated with populations in the Mediterranean region during the Mesolithic period.
- It is clear, from what we have said, that the greatest purity of the Leucodermic type is to be found among the Nordics; because only the southern branch, on its road through Mediterranean Africa or in the Mediterranean islands themselves, met that strongly hybrid population which may be called...1921, Prof. V. Giuffrida-Ruggeri, “Europe: Ethnology, The Hybrid Origin of the Mediterraneans”, in Man, A Monthly Record of Anthropological Science, volumes 20-21, page 181
Adjective (2) capitalized: proto-Mediterranean
proto-Mediterranean (not comparable)
- Alternative form of Proto-Mediterranean.
Forms of Proto-Mediterranean
| alternative form | Protomediterranean |
|---|---|
| alternative form | proto-Mediterranean |
Origin of Proto-Mediterranean
From proto- + Mediterranean.
Questions about Proto-Mediterranean
- What does Proto-Mediterranean mean?
- Proto-Mediterranean means of a specific human cranial type, associated with populations in the Mediterranean region during the Mesolithic period.
- What part of speech is Proto-Mediterranean?
- Proto-Mediterranean is an adjective.
Words near Proto-Mediterranean in the dictionary
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