Abstract: This somatoscopic and anthropometric research involved measuring head and face features (six observations and sixteen measurements) in 378 Miao nationality adults (aged from? 21? to? 60;? specifically? 196? males? and? 182? females)? living? in? Housan? township? of? Renhuai? City in Guizhou. Most of the sample had the same identifying features, such as the horizontal direction? of? rima? oculi;? the? wrinkled? palpebra? superior,? longer? eyelashes? than? the? Han,? the? same? frequency of hooked or straight nasal tips, and the curved movements of the tongue. The anterior hairline? in? males? was? very? pointed? in? contrast? to? females? whose? hairline? was? flat.? Head? shapes? were? characterized? by? hyperbrachycephaly,? hypsicephaly? and? tapeinocephaly,? with? faces? mainly? hyperleptoprosopy;? and? noses,? mesorrhine.?After? comparative? cluster? analysis? with? five? other? minority? groups ?living? in? southern ?China,? we ?found ?that? male ?physical? characters ?of? the? Miao?in? Housan? township? of? Renhuai? city? most? closely? identified? with? the? Miao? nationality? of? Wangka? and? Bouyei? nationality? in? Guizhou.? Females? most? closely? related? with? the? Miao? nationality? in? Hunan.

Key words: Somatoscopy; Anthropometry; Head-Face dimensions; Miao in Renhuai