Acta Anthropologica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (04): 586-596.doi: 10.16359/j.1000-3193/AAS.2024.0061

• Research Articles • Previous Articles     Next Articles

A comparison of head and facial characteristics between the Daur ethnic groups in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang

LI Xin1(), JIANG Shuai2, HUANG Ting1, ZHONG Hua1, WEN Youfeng1()   

  1. 1. Institute of Biological Anthropology, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou 121000
    2. Department of Cardiology, Jinzhou Central Hospital, Jinzhou 121000
  • Received:2024-04-26 Revised:2024-07-22 Online:2024-08-15 Published:2024-08-13

Abstract:

In this study, 629 healthy Daur adults (315 males and 314 females) from Molidavar Autonomous Banner (referred to as Moqi) of Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia and Tacheng City of Xinjiang were selected as research objects. 40 head and face indexes were investigated, and 5 head and face indexes and their subtypes were calculated. The data were processed by SPSS20.0 statistical software and R software.Research has found that there is a significant difference in the head and facial features of adults between the Daur ethnic group in Inner Mongolia and the Daur ethnic group in Xinjiang. The average value of each index of Daur nationality in Xinjiang is higher than that of Daur nationality in Inner Mongolia. Inner Mongolia Daur adults have longer head, wider head, wider face, narrower nose and lower nose. The adults of Daur nationality in Xinjiang have the facial features of medium length and width of head, narrow nose and low nose,which may be related to the geographical environment and communication and integration between populations.This study provides a reference for exploring the reasons and rules of the evolution of phenotypic characteristics between Daur ethnic groups and exploring the origin relationship of Daur ethnic groups.

Key words: Daur, head and face, morphological features, Physical Anthropology

CLC Number: