This build is not confined to the gluteal regions, but extends to the outside and front of the thighs, and tapers to the knee producing a curvilinear figure.

[1][2][3][4] Steatopygia, a genetic phenotype[5] leading to increased accumulation of adipose tissue in the buttock region, is most notably (but not solely) found among the Khoisan of Southern Africa.

It has also been observed among Pygmies of Central Africa and also the Andamanese people, such as the Onge tribe in the Andaman Islands.

The most well-known example was a South African Khoekhoe woman named Sarah Baartman,[11] who is thought to have had lipedema.

Groups like the khoisan, pygmy , nilotic , sandawe, hadza and notably bantu speaking like shona, venda, kalanga, tswana, tonga, chichewa, ndau, ndebele, sotho, xhosa , nambaya , hutu and many more bantu speaking groups indigenous to central africa and southern africa.

Steatopygia is a phenotype that African subracial groups kept from ancient humans when they started walking on two feet.