Morphological traits in peoples of Mongolian nationality of the Hulunbuir league,Inner Mongolia,China

A sample of 947 Mongolians of Bargud, Elute and Buriat was investigated on 9 indexes (hair form, forehead hair-ledge point, eyefold of the upper eyelid, Mongoloid fold, ear lobe type, nasal profile, nostril type, front teeth type, and chin projection) in the Hulunbuir league, Inner Mongolia in September 1997. The results are as follows: 1. Most of the Mongolians in Hulunbuir league are characterised by straight hair, forehead hair-ledge point absence, eyefold eyelid, Mongoloid fold appearance, shovel-shaped front teeth, straight nose, wide nostril, free ear lobe, non-projecting chin. 2. The frequencies of the forehead hair-ledge point appearance, shovel-shaped front teeth appearance and projecting chin showed significant differences between the three groups. 3. The incidence of ear lobe type, nasal profile and front teeth type showed obvious sexual differences. 4. Correlations did not occur between most of the nine traits.