Abstract: In this study, we collected and analyzed the dermatoglyphic variables of 1000 Han individuals living in Shanxi, China. We report on a wide range of characteristics including total finger ridge count, a - b total ridge count, atd angle, axial triradius percentage distance, and frequencies of fingerprint pattern, palmar thenar pattern, palmar interdigital pattern, and simian line. It is two class model swatch. [Feng: I do not understand this previous sentence, so I am unsure how to edit it.] This study is the first comprehensive dermatoglyphics research of the Central Plains Han. This dermatoglyphic data will be useful for future research in Anthropology, Genetics and Medicine.

Key words: Central Plains; Han; Dermatoglyphics; Physical anthropologyy