青海土族体质人类学研究

ANTHROPOMETRIC STUDY OF TU NATIONALITY IN QINGHAI

１９９５年７—８月对青海土族２５１人（男１３１、女１２０）进行了５３项活体测量和１３项活体观察，结果表明，青海土族的体质特征是：男性眼裂开度中等者较多、女性宽者过半。蒙古褶出现率男性过半，女性占４０．８％。９４％有上眼睑皱褶。鼻型属中鼻型，头型属中头型。面型，男性以过狭面、狭面和中面型为主，女性以狭面和中面型为主。男身高为１６３４ｍｍ，女为１５４３ｍｍ。通过与西北及其它少数民族比较发现：青海土族与东乡族、保安族、羌族体质相近。

A survey of somatology and anthropometry on 251 persons of Tu nationality(131 males and 120 females, ranging from 20 to 55 years in age)living in Qinghai province was made in July amd August,1995.The results are summarized briefly as follows. Opening height of eye is medium in majority of males.The opening eye is high and wide in more than half of the females. The frequency of appeanace of epicanthus is higher than 50% in males while it is 40 8% in females.Eyefold of the upper eyelid was seen in more than 94% in both sex.Nasal index belongs to mesorrhine.Length breadth index of head belongs mesocephaly.Morphological facial index belongs to hyperleptoprosopy,leptoprosopy and mesoprosopy in males. The average statures are 1634mm in males and 1543mm in females.From the cluster analysis covering 15 nationalities in China it can be seen that Tu nationality is closer to Dongxiang,Baoan and Qiang nationalities.