Renato Biasutti

Renato Biasutti (San Daniele del Friuli, 22 March 1878 – Florence, 3 March 1965) was a notable Italian geographer, who published many works on physical anthropology.

Its first volume, which came to light in 1938, was titled La casa rurale in Toscana (The Farm-house in Tuscany).

In 1905, Biasutti explored Eritrea, and in 1914 visited Tibet, as well as Cyrenaica and Rhodes.

His main work is the Le razze e i popoli della terra, published for the first edition in 1941.

From 1947 until 1953, Biasutti was Manager of "Ethnological Geography" of the Italian Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche (CNR).

Renato Biasutti
Percentage of blond hairs in the Italian regions and Corsica (France), from the studies of Renato Biasutti done in 1941