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© Kamla-Raj 2004 Anthropologist, 6(1): 19-23 (2004)
A Comparative Study of Age Changes in Somatotypes of Brahmin and Rajput Boys of Sundarnagar, Himachal Pradesh
Sudipta Ghosh and S.L.Malik
Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India
Keywords Somatotype. Age Changes. Brahmin and Rajput Boys. Himachal Pradesh
Abstract A cross sectional survey was conducted in November 2000, with a view to study the age changes and population differences in anthropometric somatotype and its three components, viz., endomorphy, mesomorphy and ectomorphy among the Brahmins and the Rajputs boys of Sundarnagar, Himachal Pradesh in the age range of 10-20 years. A total of 296 boys (Brahmins = 141; Rajputs = 155) were measured to meet the aim of the present study. Both the Brahmins and the Rajputs boys are more ectomorphic and less endomorphic. With the advancement in age, Brahmins boys tend to become ecto-mesomorph from meso-ectomorph, while the Rajputs boys have a tendency to become ecto-mesomorph from balanced ectomorph.
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