Acta Anthropologica Sinica ›› 1993, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (01): 64-70.

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The upper and lower limb growth and development of Man Nationality students in Jilin Province

Zhang Xinfeng, He Xin, Su Baogui et al.   

  • Online:1993-03-15 Published:1993-03-15

Abstract: A somatological survey on 114 males and 100 females of Man Nationality living in Jilinwas carried out in September, 1990. The results of the survey are summarized breifly as follows:
The hair is straight in form and blackin color. The· form of the head belongs to highround--wide type. The position of hair vortices is various. Most of males are situated on the right, most of females are on the left. The frequency of single hair vortex is high.
The form of face in most cases is of the leptoprosopy type in both sexes.
The profile view of the nasal bridge is mainly of the straight type in both sexes. The nasalindex belongs to mesorrhine type.
The direction of the eye aperture is mainly sloping upward toward lateral side in both sexes. The breadth of eye aperture is moderate in most cases. The M ongolian fold is absent inmost cases. The thickness of red lips is not thick in most cases.
The mean value of the stature of males is 1645.42 mm and that of females is 1534.23 mm.According to the cluster graph of kinship matrix for Man and 7 groups of other minorties living in the N ortheast, the Physical character of M an Nationality is similar to Hezhen Nationality.

Key words: Upper limb growth; Lower limb growth; Students; Man nationality; Jilin