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The East Baltic race is one of the subcategories of the Europid (White; Caucasian) race into which it was divided by anthropologists in the early 20th century.
The term East Baltic race was coined by the anthropologist Rolf Nordenstreng, but was popularised by the race theorist Hans F. K. Günther. It was characterised 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."[citation needed] In Günther's work the term formed part of a hierarchical "Nordicist" racial model, of which Günther was a principal exponent. Madison Grant theorised that the East Baltic race was a blend of Nordics and Alpines.
Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt named it Osteuropids.
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