Abstract: A physical anthropological survey of 198 males and 187 females of Gelao nationality living in Daozhen Autonomous County, Guizhou, was made in August, 1991. Their age ranges were from 20 (female) and 22 (male) to 60 years. Fifty-three anthropometrical measurements, 18 indices and 17 items of somatoscopy were made. The physical characters of Gelao nationality summarized. The Gelao nationality is closer to the Zhuang and Li nationalities than to others, whereas it is remotely rolated to Dawoer and Xibo nationalities.

Key words: Somatoscopy; Anthropometry; Gelao nationality