INVESTIGADORES
DEMARCHI Dario Alfredo
artículos
Título:
Dermatoglyphics in Araucanian Indians from Patagonia and Multivariate Comparisons with other Argentinian Indigenous Populations.
Autor/es:
DEMARCHI DA, GIORDANO A, MARCELLINO AJ
Revista:
HUMAN BIOLOGY
Editorial:
Wayne State University Press
Referencias:
Lugar: Detroit; Año: 1997 vol. 69 p. 227 - 239
ISSN:
0018-7143
Resumen:
Digital and palmar dermatoglyphics are reported for 94
Araucanian Indians from the Argentinian
Patagonia. All the traits analyzed present values within the range of variation
found in South Amerindians. The principal finding is the different behaviour
observed for the digital and palmar traits of the individuals of the tribe.
Although finger variables show high sexual and bimanual variation (especially
in males), palmar traits exhibit extreme homogeneity. Multiple discriminant analyses from palmar
data and finger ridge counts separately were carried out with three other
Argentinian Indian populations from th Gran Chaco. The results indicate high
discrimination between the populations in both palmar variables and finger
ridge counts. However, although the nature of interpopulation relationships
obtained from palmar data conforms to the ethnohistorical and geographic
patterns, no clear picture emerges when the finger ridge counts are used.