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Dermatoglyphics of the nganasans and the forest entsy from the Taimir Peninsula
Author(s) -
Galaktionov O. K.,
Efimov V. M.,
Goltsova T. V.,
Lemza S. V.
Publication year - 1981
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.1330550115
Subject(s) - dermatoglyphics , ridge , peninsula , population , geography , index (typography) , cartography , demography , archaeology , computer science , sociology , world wide web
Dermatoglyphic data on 17 traits (digital arches, ulnar loops, whorls, patterns on the hypothenar and thenar/I,II,III, and IV interdigital areas, main line C absence and its incompleteness, mean digital ridge‐count, a–b, b–c, and c–d ridge–counts, atd angle, pattern intensity index, and main line index) are presented in this paper for 194 males and 224 females from the Taimir Peninsula. Also presented is a population analysis of the Taimir aborigines based on quantitative traits, and comparisons of this population with some Siberian and North American populations.