Cambrius (The Red)
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BTW, what gives you the notion that Iberians are all that swarthy and curly-haired? A small number are such (possibly in similar numbers to what you find among the Welsh), but "swarthy and curly-haired" is hardly a general phenotype in Spain or Portugal.What a metamorphis.
Earlier you wrote that the original Celts were Alpine.
Now you go on about Atlanto-Mediterraneans.
So the Celts have changed from being brachycephalic broad-faced Alpines into dolichocephalic, narrow-faced Atlanto-Mediterraneans?
Remarkable!
BTW the Portuguese are more small-statured Gracile Mediterraneans than tall Atlanto-Mediterraneans.
You are Celtic or Celtiberian culturally but physically the term "Celt" is highly controversial.
"Celts" probably varied regionally in a physical sense and were more a linguistic/cultural entity.
The Romans described the Silures of South Wales as being swarthy and curly-haired like Iberians while the Caledonians were described as big and red-headed.
Portuguese are more Glacial-Mediterranean in the southern regions, mainly Alentejo and the Algarve (which, BTW, amount to 8% of the country's population). The capital area of Lisbon has all different native types, from Mediterranean to Atlanto-Mediterranean to Alpine to Nordic. The central part is primarily Atlanto-Mediterranean, some Alpine and a little Germanic / Nordic and the north, essentially Atlanto-Mediterranean with a bit of Alpine along with some Germanic / Nordic strains.