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Dermatoglyphics Study of the Shompen of Great Nicobar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Gopal Krishan
Gopal Krishan*
Affiliation:
Anthropological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Region, Port Blair, India
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Anthropological Survey of India, Andaman & Nicobar Region, Port Blair, India

Abstract

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The finger and palm prints of 20 male and 18 female Shompen of Great Nicobar were examined. The distribution of finger patterns and of palmar main line formulae showed significant sex differences. Main line index was higher on right than on left hands in both sexes. Axial triradius t was most frequently observed on both hands in the two sexes.

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Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 1977 , pp. 181 - 182
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Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1977

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