What is the 'Alpine Race'?

Question

Where do they come from? Like, specifically.

Answer 1

It is an old fashioned term once used by archaeologists to generally describe some mid-European peoples (Germany,Austria,Switzerland,etc) ,especially in later prehistoric times,who tended to have round heads and stocky builds rather than the long heads and slighter frames of many earlier peoples. Of course it was not really a race at all, just a natural difference.

Answer 2

Back in the old days of science it was considered a sub race of Caucasian,

It's also been used by UFO types to describe the human looking aliens described as the nordic or alpine race as opposed to the lizards and little gray men.