Abstract: The physical characteristics on 194 adults (106 males and 88 females) of Uzbek nationality were investigated. The mean and the standard deviation of 58 items of anthropometry, 31 items of the physical indices and 6 items of somatoscopy percentages were calculated. Physical characteristics of Uzbek nationality were summarized. The comparison were made among the data of Uzbek and some other nationalities in China. The results show that Uzbek nationality have main characteristics as follows.
The eye fold of the upper eyelid is 99.06 %in males and 100 %in females. The Mongoloid fold is observable in 82.08 % and 72.73 % for males and females respectively. The nasal root height is high. The alae nasi is medium size. The ear lobe type is round frequently. Some types of physical characteristics, including hyperbrachycephaly, hypsicephaly, euruprosopy, leptorrhiny, long length of trunk, mesatiskelic type, broad chest circumference and narrow breadth of shoulder are observed in high percentage. Tapeinocephaly and broad distance between iliac crests in males, metriocephaly and medium distance between iliaccrests in females are also shown in high ratio. The average stature is 1 685mm for males and 1 555mm for females.

Key words: Somatoscopy; Anthropometry; Uzbek nationality