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Somatic characteristics in the ontogeny of eastern Bashkirs

Tchizhicova T., Smirnova N.S.

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Mokhovaya st., 11, Moscow, 125009, Russia

Tchizhicova T., e-mail: tchizhicova@rambler.ru; Smirnova N.S.

Abstract

Age changes of the somatic status of adult agricultural population of Bashkiria (149 men and 213 women) were studied. It is shown that age dynamics of somatic traits in Bashkir men and women from 20 to 80 years old has slow, gradual character differing from the one typical for the Russians, Chuvashs, Georgians. Rate of age changes in Bashkirs is close to that of Abkhasians. According to the body morphology, it is possible to state the absence of a stressful situation and adaptive exertion of the Bashkir agricultural population.

Keywords

Bashkirs, anthropometric program, somatic status, age cohorts, age changes.

Цит.: Tchizhicova T., Smirnova N.S. Somatic characteristics in the ontogeny of eastern Bashkirs // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2009; 2/2009; с. 37-50