Abstract Use of dermatoglyphics in population studies has been marked by a great deal of methodological variation among investigators. We compare various dermatoglyphic approaches using data derived from four groups in the Kumaon region of India. Dermatoglyphic data included ridge‐counts and other quantitative variables, and the classification systems of Cummins and Midlo and Penrose and Loesch. Results were evaluated against anthropometric and serological relationships. No clearly superior approach emerges, although it is generally true that palmar variables exhibit more intergroup heterogeneity than digital variables and produce more reasonable results than the other approaches. The conventional method of treating ridge‐counts, that of choosing the larger of the two counts, was the most unsatisfactory of the quantitative approaches, leading to the recommendation that both radial and ulnar counts be retained. We conclude that environmental variation may contribute substantially to intergroup variation.

R. L. Jantz

V. P. Chopra

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

美国体质人类学杂志 (AJPA) 是美国体质人类学家协会的官方期刊。该杂志每月出版，每季度出版三卷。此外，每年还会出版两份增刊，即发表主要评论文章的《体质人类学年鉴》和《年会刊》，其中包含美国体质人类学家协会年会的科学计划以及海报和讲台的摘要演示文稿。 《体质人类学年鉴》有自己的编辑，由协会任命，独立于 AJPA 处理。按影响因子衡量，AJPA 是社会科学引文索引在人类学类别中列出的顶级期刊之一。 AJPA 作为体质人类学领先出版物的声誉建立在其在广泛主题中发表高质量科学文章的长达一个世纪的记录之上。

The American Journal of Physical Anthropology (AJPA) is the official journal of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. It is published monthly, with three volumes released each quarter. Additionally, two supplements are published annually: the Annual Review of Physical Anthropology, which features major review articles, and the Annual Meeting Proceedings, which includes the scientific program of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists' annual meeting along with abstracts of poster and platform presentations. The Annual Review has its own editor, appointed by the association, and operates independently of AJPA. By impact factor, AJPA is one of the top-ranked journals in the anthropology category of the Social Sciences Citation Index. The reputation of AJPA as a leading publication in physical anthropology is built on a century-long record of publishing high-quality scientific articles on a wide range of topics.

《美国体质人类学杂志》（American Journal of Physical Anthropology，AJPA）是美国体质人类学家协会的官方期刊。该杂志每月出版，每季度发布三卷。此外，每年还会出版两份增刊，分别是发表主要评论文章的《体质人类学年鉴》和《年会刊》，其中包含美国体质人类学家协会年会的科学计划以及海报和讲台的摘要演示文稿。《体质人类学年鉴》由协会任命的独立编辑负责，独立于AJPA进行编辑。根据影响因子的评估，AJPA是社会科学引文索引在人类学类别中排名靠前的期刊之一。AJPA作为体质人类学领域的领先出版物，其声誉建立在一个世纪以来在广泛主题上发表高质量科学文章的基础上。

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

A comparison of dermatoglyphic methodologies in population studies

The conventional method of treating ridge-counts was the most unsatisfactory of the quantitative approaches, leading to the recommendation that both radial and ulnar counts be retained.

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A comparison of dermatoglyphic methodologies in population studies

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