Classify the Basque politician Josu Jon Imaz

[pierolapithecus]

[attis]

He looks British to me.

[Platypus]

could pass very well for a Frenchman

[eufrenio]

He´s got the typical Basque profile, IMHO. Look at the eyes and nose.

[ndrthl]

A Basque profile:

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He is Santiago Ramon y Cajal, a Medicine Nobel Prize winner:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_Ramon_y_Cajal

"Santiago Ramón y Cajal (May 1, 1852–October 17, 1934) was a famous Spanish histologist, physician, and Nobel laureate. He is considered to be one of the founders of modern neuroscience".

[eufrenio]

Ramón y Cajal was Aragonese, not Basque. Northern Spaniards share common traits, be they Basque or not.

[Ewig Berter]

What would be your reaction, eufrenio, if I keep saying he isnt typical Basque, rather a spaniard with heavy IE blood!? ... that his features dont look paleo to me!?.

[eufrenio]

berther said:

What would be your reaction, eufrenio, if I keep saying he isnt typical Basque, rather a spaniard with heavy IE blood!? ... that his features dont look paleo to me!?.

I´d probably faint over my keyboard! And then e-mail Drooperdoo. ;D
IE= Indo-european? That´s a linguistic term.

[Ewig Berter]

eufrenio said:

berther said:

What would be your reaction, eufrenio, if I keep saying he isnt typical Basque, rather a spaniard with heavy IE blood!? ... that his features dont look paleo to me!?.

I´d probably faint over my keyboard! And then e-mail Drooperdoo. ;D
IE= Indo-european? That´s a linguistic term.

Good from you to have mentioned Droop, ... Droop has stronger, more robust traits than this guy and, yeah, IE=indoeuropean, ... genes and languages spread/diffuse hand in hand; the correspondance is not perfect but its there.

[pierolapithecus]

eufrenio said:

Ramón y Cajal was Aragonese, not Basque. Northern Spaniards share common traits, be they Basque or not.

Excuse me, but Ramón y Cajal wasn't Aragonese. He was born in Petilla de Aragón (Navarre). So, he was an ethnic Basque.

It's true that the Northern Spaniards share common traits but it's certain too the distinct racial profile of the pure Basque persons.

[eufrenio]

Petilla de Aragón is an administrative enclave inside Aragon.

Geográficamente se encuentra en la provincia de Zaragoza (Aragón), aunque políticamente pertenece a Navarra, por ello existe la discusión sobre la patria chica de Santiago Ramón y Cajal ya que tanto los aragoneses como los navarros defienden la cuna del nacimiento de este ilustre personaje

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petilla_de_Arag%C3%B3n_(Navarra)
Besides Ramón spent most of his younger days in Jaca and Huesca, which are Aragonese.