Most diverse European people in terms of subraces

[citadel]

In which European country other than Russia is the greatest diversity in physical types among "native" (which I admit is a loaded term) populations, and most or all of the major caucasoid subraces and types are represented in sizeable numbers?

My own guess would be France, as it fairly large and lies in Alpine and Med. territory and has had large Nordic incursions around the north. But the Eastern types would be less evident. However I also think Slovenia and Croatia would have significant distributions of Dinarics, Alpines, some Meds and Neodanubians, and possibly quite a few subNordics (Noric especially), but few other Nordics and Baltics.

[herrx]

Italy

[Praetor]

It could be Austria.The core of a former empire that spread throughout central europe.Seeds of these people exist today there.Alpinids of all kinds,Meds and Dinarics of Italian or both north/south Slavic type,Germanic nordics,Magyars.A real Festival!

[Satyros]

A real Festival!

A real Carnival!

[geirr]

I think France is the most diverse, Britain including Ireland is very diverse too..

[Sandwich]

So "native" in this context means An arbitrary cut-off date? You all SEEM to understand what it means. I don't.

Is the implication that we set the cut-off date far back enough for some process to have taken place? What process? Shall we try to find one to exclude France's current native Arabs and Britain's native West Indians?
Or does native actually mean all caucasian types - including say Nordics in Greece.

Are we just talking nostalgia here? Nostalgia for a period when the presumption is that new arrivals were to some extent endogamous?

[trajan]

As i remember right Lundman reports about Hungary as the most diverse country in sub-races.

[buddyrydell]

I'd have to agree with France, I've seen everything from British- or at least Germanic-looking Frenchmen as well as those who look very Italian or Spanish. But let's keep in mind that France has received a considerable number of immigrants during its recent history, both European and non-European from its former colonies.

[executiona9]

I vote for my own country : Holland



look at the differences between these 4 ethnic dutch people :


Roy Makaay


Dennis Bergkamp


Robin van Persie


Paul Bosvelt

[domii]

I think Hungary and Romania have a wide variaty too.
from what I saw you can find plenty of subraces like;
Nordic , Alpine, Baltid, neo danubian, Dinaric, Med, Tunarid, Indic (gypsies) ...

[cocacola]

executiona9 said:

I vote for my own country : Holland



look at the differences between these 4 ethnic dutch people :


Roy Makaay


Dennis Bergkamp


Robin van Persie


Paul Bosvelt

The first, second and third look very alike except that the second one has lighter hair.

[HiNDI]

I agree , I wouldn't vote for Holland

Definately UK or France

[sticazzi]

HiNDI said:

I agree , I wouldn't vote for Holland

Definately UK or France

Yeah, I agree with that. The UK 'native' population (as in those who would identify as 'White British') seems very diverse to me. I've heard many times about Britain being a country that's been invaded / received immigrants etc. over the last few millenia, ignoring of course 20th century immigration (I think mostly Danish, Norweigians, French, Dutch, Irish). Also I think there's people in Wales who are like related to people from the Basque region in Spain, something like that anyway.