Abstract: The author used the Heath-Carter somatotyping method to study the adult somatotypes of 480 cases included 255 males and 225 females of Monggol nationality in Inner Mongolia. The results showed that the mean somatotypes of male were 4.0-4.4-2.1 in the endomorph-mesomorph category and that of female were 6.2-4.1-1.6 in the meso-endomorph category. There was very significant difference between males and females for the somatotype. In both sexes endomorph increased and ectomorph decreased with age, but after age 35 years somatotypes of females obviously changed. A comparison of the components between Monggol nationality and other samples showed that the Monggol had higher endomorph, with lower mesomorph for males and lower ectomorph for females.

Key words: Heath-Carter somatotyping method; Anthropometry; Monggol nationality