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Earlobe Attachment, Hand Clasping and Arm Folding Among Tamil Brahmans in Relation to Cultural and Ethnic Affiliations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

S. Srinivasan  and
D.P. Mukherjee
S. Srinivasan
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology and Sociology, S.V. University, Tirupati, India
D.P. Mukherjee*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology and Sociology, S.V. University, Tirupati, India
*
Anthropological Survey of India, Shillong, India

Abstract

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The traits, earlobe attachment, hand clasping and arm folding, are found to show a high degree of homogeneity in the Tamil Brahmans.

The latter appear to be closest to the Bengali Brahmans, with respect to all three traits, and differ significantly from other Brahman populations, with respect to earlobe.

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Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 24 , Issue 1-2 , January 1975 , pp. 159 - 160
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1975

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