Abstract: Dermatoglyphic data on 58 traits (frequencies of ten finger patterns; ten finger ulnar and radial ridge counts; TRC and ARC; both hand patterns on the hypothenar and thenar/1, IⅡ, I1Ⅱ, IV interdigital areas; and main line A, B, C, D: atd angles, T-ratio, a—b. b—c. c—d. a-d plam pattern ridge-count) and indices of finger and pal prints are presented in this paper for Hezhen nationality from Northeast China.
Relative analysis and principal component analysis of Hezhen derrnatoglvphic characters are made with computer.
The normal dermatoglyphic parameters of Hezhen nationality are similar to Han nationality. Finger prints are more important than palm prints for studying dermatoglyphics.
Finger prints and palm prints are genetically independent.

Key words: Dermatoglyphic parameter; Hezhen Nationality