ネパールのネワール族の指紋の研究

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  • A Study of Finger Dermatoglyphics of the Newars of Nepal

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Finger dermatoglyphics of 528 Newars (336 males and 192 females) have been reported in this paper.The sample was divided according to the mating patterns giving 12 endogamous groups.High frequency of loops in males and females are observed.The frequency of arches observed in females is high compared with males.Statistically, the inter-group differences of the Newar males are not significant.The index of pattern intensity shows higher values in males than in females, and this is attributed to higher frequency of whorls in males.Newar males exhibit a low value of DANK-MEIJER'S index compared with females and this is due to low frequency of arches in males.FURUHATA'S index is higher in the Newar males than in the females.<BR>The frequency distributions of total ridge-count for males and females are given in Fig.3.The mean values for Group Shrestha males are 131.53 and females 103.13.The difference between their means is significant (t= 5.25 for 290 degree of freedom).The frequency distributions of total ridge-count for Gubhaju and Jyapu males are given in Fig.4, the mean values are 123.42 and 128.12 respectively.The inter-group differences between their means are not significant.The highest means are those for digit I, followed in order, by digits IV, III, V and II in Shrestha.The mean ridge-count is significantly greater on each digit in males, the difference being greatest in digit I for both hands.The mean ridge-count for the digit I on the right hand is greater than that in the left in both the sexes.The greatest varia-bility in ridge-count is shown by digit II and the least by digit V.<BR>Generally speaking, Newars appear to show greater affinity with the Mon-goloid populations of Far East and Central Asia and several populations of Northern India.

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  • 人類學雜誌

    人類學雜誌 77 (2), 45-67, 1969

    一般社団法人　日本人類学会

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