Baltic obsolete racial classification
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A subset of "caucasians" that was defined as "short, short-headed, broad-faced, with heavy, massive under-jaw, chin not prominent, flat, rather broad, short nose with low bridge; stiff, light (ash-blond) hair; light (grey or whitish blue) eyes, standing out; light skin with a grey undertone" and was likely coined by the Swedish anthropologist Nordenstreng. This term was part of a theory of racial hierarchy that gained popularity in the early part of the 20th century and formed an underpinning of various "Nordic" racist movments.
