Craniometric differentiation of the large Mongoloid race. Part 1. Northern Mongoloids

DOI: 10.33876/2311-0546/2021-54-2/274-291

Abstract

52 modern cranial samples of northern Mongoloids from Western and Eastern Siberia, the Far East, Central Asia and Kazakhstan were studied (based on the data from published sources). These groups are usually referred to as “continental Mongoloids” according to N. N. Cheboksarov classification. The groups were compared using 11 metric traits describing the size and shape of the skull. The studied samples represent one of the three previously identified world craniotypes, Golarktids. Golarktids have medium-long and wide crania of average size. The cluster analysis revealed three clusters of almost equal size; significant differences in three of the eleven traits were found between the clusters. The first cluster (18 samples) is the most different from the typical appearance of the Golarktids and represents the chronologically earliest stage of Golarktids’ evolutionary development. The other two clusters are represented by the larger-headed and smaller-headed variants of typical eastern Golarktids.

For citation: Pestriakov Aleksander P., Olga M.Grigoryeva, and Yulia V.Pelenitsyna. 2021. Craniometric differentiation of the large Mongoloid race. Part 1. Northern Mongoloids. Herald of Anthropology (Vestnik Antropologii) 2: 274–291.

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