Abstract: A somatological survey on 230 healthy adults of Pumi nationality, including 120 males and 110 females, living in Yunnan was carried out in May and June, 1991. The results are as follows:
Pumi nationality belongs to yellow race judging from their morphological features. We found that they have the same features as other modern Chinese, but Pumi nationality has their own features: narrow head and face, long head, face height and nose height than other nationalities living in Yunnan.
The results from the cluster graph of kinship matrix show that Pumi nationality is closer to Naxi, Lishu and Qiang nationality than other nationalities in physical character. They may be the descendants of the old Qiang nationality.

Key words: Somatoscopy; Anthropometry; Pumi Nationality; Yunnan Province