DEPENDENCE OF FINNO-UGRIC PEOPLES' HEAD AND FACE MEASUREMENTS ON STATURE.

The paper presents a short overview of the variability of stature, head and face measurements in Finno-Ugric and their neighbouring peoples on the basis of Karin Mark studies (22 ethnic groups, consisting of 133 local ethnic groups, over 12,000 individuals in total) [6, 7, 8]. The article describes the dependence of head and face measurements on stature. The studied peoples are characterised by considerable anthropological variety. The mean stature of these peoples varies between 157.7-174.7 cm, head length between 186.3-195.9 mm, head breadth between 150.8-159.8 mm, etc. Dependence of head measurements on stature is rather great. The correlation coefficient is the highest between the head module and stature (r=0.80), followed by head length (r=0.74) and head breadth (r=0.55). It is also high between forehead breadth and stature (r=0.61). Among the face measurements, the most greatly dependent on stature is physiognomic facial height (r=0.60), followed by morphological facial height (r=0.44). The breadth measurements of the face are less dependent on stature: bizygomathic breadth (r=0.30) and bigonial breadth (r=0.24). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]