Is north Indian population changing it craniofacial form? A study of secular trends in craniometric indices and its relation to sex and ancestry estimation

Saini, Vineeta; Mehta, Mitali; Saini, Rajshri; Shamal, Satya Narayan; Singh, Tej Bali; Tripathi, Sunil Kumar

doi:10.15761/fsc.1000115

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“…This peculiarity made the index suitable as a racial character. 10 A study done by Eroje et al 23 reported cephalic index for Obia male and female as 73.7 and 72.2 respectively which were almost similar to the present study. In contrast, the mean cephalic index for the male and female were 81.81 and 82.99 respectively among Thai population.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…25 A study done by Saini et al in North Indian state, Uttar Pradesh also reported dolicocephalic type of head to be the most common type. 10 In contrast it was recorded as the least common type among Nepalese Medical students of all the three ethnic groups namely Brahmin, Newar and Chettri. 26 It was the least common among (4.32%) Thai 24 and Japanese populations as well.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…Many of inherited features have developed due to replication during evolutionary processes as well as result of adaptation to the environment. 10 It has been confirmed that the development and growth of humans are affected by different factors such as age, sex, race and geography. 11 A study was done by Jeremic et al in Serbian population and found the mean facial index of male and female was 94.04±7.00 and 92.38±6.70 respectively 12 which were almost similar to that of Nepalese population.…”

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Measurement of cephalic and facial indices among students of KUSMS

Mansur¹,

Maskey²,

Shrestha³

et al. 2020

JCMC

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Background:The description of the human face has been a major concern since long time. Individual identification is one such field where anthropometric parameters, especially cephalo-facial measurements, are an important tool in determining the various shapes of head and face. Hence the objective of the study was to determine the shapes of head and face. Methods:The present study was a cross-sectional and observational type which consisted of 222 individuals (115 female and 107 male). It was conducted from January to June, 2019 after receiving ethical approval. The cephalic and facial indices were derived after measuring length and breadth of head and face. The collected data was entered in excel and analyzed with SPSS (22.0). Results:The present study observed that the most common type of face was hyperleptoprosopic 168 (75.68%) followed by leptoprosopic 43 (19.37%), mesoprosopic 10 (4.50% female only) and euryprosopic 1 (0.93% male only). Similarly, the most common type of head was dolicocephalic 165 (74.33%), followed by mesocephalic 51 (22.97%), and brachycephalic 6 (2.70%). Conclusions:This study concluded that the hyperleptoprosopic face was most common type and the least common type was euryprosopic face. The most common type of head was found to be dolicocephalic and the least common type was found to be brachycephalic.

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confidence: 99%

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Measurement of cephalic and facial indices among students of KUSMS

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“…Uncited reference Q6 Saini et al, 2017 . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 YJHEV2638_proof ■ 17 July 2019 ■ 14/15…”

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Somewhere beyond the sea: Human cranial remains from the Lesser Sunda Islands (Alor Island, Indonesia) provide insights on Late Pleistocene peopling of Island Southeast Asia

Carro

Gilbert

Bulbeck

et al. 2019

Journal of Human Evolution

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The migration of anatomically modern humans (AMH) from Africa to every inhabitable continent included their dispersal through Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) to Australia. Significantly, this involved overwater dispersal through the Lesser Sunda Islands between Sunda (continental Southeast Asia) and Sahul (Australia and New Guinea). However, the timing and direction of this movement is still debated. Here, we report on human skeletal material recovered from excavations at two rockshelters, known locally as Tron Bon Lei, on Alor Island, Indonesia. The remains, dated to the Late Pleistocene, are the first anatomically modern human remains recovered in Wallacea dated to this period and are associated with cultural material demonstrating intentional burial. The human remains from Tron Bon Lei represent a population osteometrically distinct from Late Pleistocene Sunda and Sahul AMH. Instead, morphometrically, they appear more similar to Holocene populations in the Lesser Sundas. Thus, they may represent the remains of a population originally from Sunda whose Lesser Sunda Island descendants survived into the Holocene.

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“…All of the series also include faces that vary from very broad to narrow in relation to their height, with orbits that vary from broad to very tall and nasal apertures that vary from narrow to very broad. Comparable results were found in all of these aspects by Saini et al (2017) in their study of adult Indian crania from two medical institutions (not covered by Raghavan et al 2013) in the Hindi-speaking state of Uttar Pradesh.…”

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Metrical Distinctiveness of Indian Crania Demonstrated through Stepwise Multivariate Classification

Raghavan

Pathmanathan

2020

JIPA

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Our previous metrical study of Indian crania from across the South Asian subcontinent found great variability within all of the series, combined with average trends whereby the Indian series resemble each other and contrast with series outside of South Asia. This contribution confirms the craniometric distinctiveness of Indian crania, notwithstanding their intra-series variability, through stepwise discriminant function analysis of the six best sampled series from northern and South India. The proportion of crania from places beyond South Asia classified as Indian is negligible, while over 90% of Indian crania are correctly identified as Indian. This correct identification of Indian crania is enhanced amongst those specimens whose possession of pronouncedly Indian craniometric attributes is revealed through index analysis. By extrapolation, index analysis may also assist the correct classification of non-Indian populations that also are craniometrically distinct. Further, Indians’ craniometric distinctiveness aligns with genetic evidence for the predominantly indigenous ancestry of Indians who speak Indo-Aryan and especially Dravidian languages.

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Is north Indian population changing it craniofacial form? A study of secular trends in craniometric indices and its relation to sex and ancestry estimation

Cited by 8 publications

References 50 publications

Measurement of cephalic and facial indices among students of KUSMS

Measurement of cephalic and facial indices among students of KUSMS

Somewhere beyond the sea: Human cranial remains from the Lesser Sunda Islands (Alor Island, Indonesia) provide insights on Late Pleistocene peopling of Island Southeast Asia

Metrical Distinctiveness of Indian Crania Demonstrated through Stepwise Multivariate Classification

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