To explore the physical characteristics of"Aerwa"Blang,the research team measured the head,face and body items of 389 adults(183 males,206 females)in Shuangjiang County and Gengma County,Lincang City,Yunnan Province in July and August 2022,and the physical indexes and classifications were calculated.The results showed that:①The upper eye-flod rate of"Aerwa"Blang was high,the Mongoloid fold rate was low,the opening height of eyeslits was mainly medium,the direction of eyeslits was mostly high,the nasal root height was mainly medium,the lobe type was mostly round,the upper lip height was mainly medium.The nasal profile of men was mainly straight,and most of women were straight and concave.The breadth of alae nasi of men was mainly wide,and most of women were middle and wide.The thickness of lips of most of men were thick and middle,and most of women were middle.②Except for the crista iliaca breadth and hip circumference,other physical items of males were higher than those of females.The stature of both males and females were considered as the short-type.③ The rates of the brachycephaly,hypsicephalic and metriocephalic type for head,hypereuryprosopy of face,long trunk,wide chest and wide shoulder circumference as well as broad crista iliaca breadth were the highest in"Aerwa"Blang.④Cluster analysis indicated that physical characteristics of"Aerwa"Blang was relatively close to those of Bouyei,Dong,Jino and Lahu.Genetic factors,environmental conditions and eating habits were the reasons for the similar physical characteristics of these ethnic groups.⑤ The u-test between"Aerwa"Blang and"Blang"Blang showed that the differences in 20 items such as head breadth,minimum frontal breadth,were statistically significant in both males and females.
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