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The use of penrose's C H 2 for an intra‐ and inter‐population analysis of quantitative dermatoglyphic traits
Author(s) -
Rudan Pavao
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330460120
Subject(s) - endogamy , exogamy , dermatoglyphics , demography , geography , population , ridge , sociology , anthropology , cartography , archaeology
Results of a part of multidisciplinary studies in six villages on the island of Hvar (Yugoslavia) are presented. Six quantitative properties of dermatoglyphics were analysed (TRC, PII, a‐b, b‐c and c‐d ridge counts, and atd angle). “Biological distances” among the surveyed couples from all six villages were analysed using Penrose's C 2 H , and its components: C 2 Q and (v‐l/v)C 2 Z with regard to sex and possibility of determining the direction of endogamy or exogamy. Significant correlation between “geographical distances” and (v‐l/v)C 2 Z is obtained for males, indicating that the social organisation in the examined rural population, from the point of view of demography, has some influence on the distribution of the dermatoglyphical characters.