Vol. 1 June 1975 No.1 Contents Original Papers: Association between digital formulae of hands and feet. - D.P. Mukherjee & V. Raghavendra Rao 1 Effects of age-changes in some segmental measurements in Mundas/Oraons of Chota Nagpur - A. Sharma, P. Sapra & A.B. Saran 9 Giemsa banding of human Chromosomes. - P.K. Ghosh, R. Kenue, M.K. Bhasin & I.P. Singh 17 Intercaste distance in dermatoglyphics in some Bengalee caste groups. - A.R. Banerjee & D.K. Banerjee 29 Finger and Palmar dermatoglyphics of congenital deaf patients. - Neelam Sharma 41 Menarche and menopause among the singpho women of Arunachal Pradesh. - R.K. Kar & Shymali Mahanta 51 Morpho-genetic comparison of two tribal groups of Ranchi. - B.R.K. Shukla & D. Tyagi 59 Study of three enzyme groups systems: Phospho- glucomutase, Lactate and Malate Dehydrogenases in a Punjabi populations of Delhi. - B.N. Mukherjee, S.K. Das & B.R. Ghose 67 Shorter Notes: Proportionality of segments of humerus, radius and ulna to their total length with a note on estimation of stature from fragmentary bones. - Surya Prakash, Basundhare Nakermi 75 Sacral Index-an osteometric and radiographic study based on U.P. subjects. - B. Joseph, R.C. Saxena & A.C. Das 85 Ponderal Index and height among the Dusadhs of Darhanga. - P. Dash Sharma & M. Haque 91 Book Reviews: Die Datierung Menschilicher Fossilien- Keneth P. Oakely. - B.M. Das 97 Living Prehistory: An Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology Sharon S. Mkern & Thomas W. Mckern. - K.S. Mathur 98 The Genetics of Human Populations- L.L. Cavalli- Sforza & W.F. Bodmer. - P.K. Seth 99 Introduction to quantitative genetics by D.S. Falconer. - D. Tyagi Vol. 1 100 December 1975 No.2 Contents Original Papers: Population composition by social groups in West Bengal. - Kanti Pakrasi 103 Anthropometric changes from adulthood to old age. - L.S. Sidhu, N.S. Sodhi & D.P. Bhatnagar 119 A Biometric study of the new born, Gestatio period and placental traits. - A. Sharma, P. Sapra & K. Mainigi 129 Growth at adolescence in Renigunta: A Cross sectional study. - K. Nirmalananda Reddy & D.P. Mukherjee 139 Inter population distance in finger dermatoglyphics: A study based on Gujar Pasi and Kureel Chamar. - V.K. Tandon & Nisha Pandey 153 Oraons & Mundas: A genetical comparison based on ABO blood groups. - D. Tyagi & P.K. Tewari 163 The effect of some of social habits on PTC – taste reponse in two endogamous groups from Punjab. - N.S. Mitter & I.J.S. Bansal 169 2 Shorter Notes: New data on digital anomalies from coastal Andhra Pradesh. - M.R. Chakravartti 175 Sequential analysis of sex chromatin in aborted foetus. - A.R. Banerjee & S. Pal 179 A study of the Deltadiagram for the Kumaon hill populations. - Ghanshyam Das Gupta 183 Review Article: On Human Evolution. - K.S. Mathur 187 Book Reviews: Genealogical Mathematics by Pauls A. Ballonoff - S. Sharma 193 Perspective in Palaeoanthropology by Ashok K. Ghosh. - D.K. Bhattacharya 196 Computer Simulation in Human Population Studies in Anthropology by Bennett Dyke and Tean Walters MacCluer. - M.K. Bhasin 197 Physical Anthropology by Philip L. Stein & Bruce M. Rowe. - Deepak Tyagi Vol. 2 199 June 1976 No.1 Contents Original Papers: Cytogenetic technique in the identification of sex. - H.K. Kumbnani 1 Hereditary basis of morphological variations – A study based on younger twins. - J.C. Sharma & Prabha Vasishta 27 Glucose –6 – Phosphate Dehydrogenase I. Variants – A Review. - M.K. Bhasin, Indera P. Singh & Kanwaljit Singh 79 3 Sickle cell gene and malaria. - R.S. Negi 113 Shorter Notes: Cellulose Acetate membrane electrophoresis – simple rapid and inexpensive method for detection of hermoglobin variants. - S.L. Kate, V.A. Khedkar & B.N. Mukherjee 123 Prezygotic selection in ABO blood groups. - M.R. Chakravartti 125 Sexing of atlas - A. Halim & M.S. Siddiqui 129 Palmar dermatoglyphics of khattris. - P.K. Tewari & Deepak Tyagi Vol. 2 137 June 1976 No.2 Contents Original Papers: Review on genetic traits in Europenas. - L.M. Srivastava 145 Middle East Orientals and Negroes: Red cell enzymes. - H.G. Benkmann & H.W. Goedde 145 The study of MN blood groups in leprosy. - S.K. Ghei, M.C. Vaidya 193 Blood groups of the Munda of Ranchi district in Bihar (India). - N. Kumar & P.N. Bhattacharjee 201 Shorter Notes: Palmar ridge count among Brahman and Bhangi of Sagar (Madhya Pradesh, India). - H.N. Pateria 215 A genetic observation on attached earlobes among the Dusadhs of Darbhanga (North Bihar). - K. Roy 221 4 Book Reviews: Physical anthropology and its extending horizons (ed) A. Basu, A.K. Ghosh, S.K. Biswas & R. Ghosh. - D. Tyagi 223 Phenylketonuria and some other inborn errors of amino acid Metabolism: Biochemistry genetics diagnosis therapy (ed) H. Bickel, F.P. Hudson & L.I. Woolf. - S. Rastogi 224 The growth and structure of human populations: A mathematical Investigation by A.J. Coale. - A.R. Banerjee. Vol. 3 226 June 1977 No.1 Contents Original Papers: A study on selection in ABO Blood Groups. - M.R. Chakravartti & (Mrs.) R. Chakravartti 1 Genetic distance and its allied aspects. - A.K. Roychoudhury 13 Testing incomplete penetrance. - Partha Pratim Majumdar 23 Kuchai- a geochronological study. - S.B. Lal 31 Shorter Notes: Application of principal component analysis to multivariate quantitative analysis in physical anthropology. - S.M. Thukral & A. Sharma 41 Simian crease polymorphism in Tibetans. - V. Bhalla & K. Bhatia 45 An Anthropometric study of the Nagesias of Surgugja (Madhya Pradesh). - S.H. Ahmad 51 5 Colour blindness among the Khattris of Lucknow. - V.K. Tandon, Nisha Pandey & B.R.K. Shukla 59 Book Reviews: Human variations and origins- An introduction to human biology and evolution by W.S. Laughlim and R.H. Osborne. - L.S. Sidhu 65 Race by Jhon R. Baker. - Chitralekha Verma 66 Organic evolution by Richard Swann Lull. - Deepak Tyagi 70 Fundamentals of Physical Anthropology by R.M. Sarkar. - V.K. Tandon Vol. 3 71 Dec. 1977 No.2 Contents Original Papers: The Distribution of genetic variants of Glyoxalase I, Estarase D and Carboni anhydrase I and II in Indian Populations. - A.K. Ghosh 73 Review on genetic traits in Europeans, Middle East Orientals and Negroes: Serum Proteins. - L.M. Srivastava, H.G. Benkmann and H.W. Goedde 85 Distribution of blood groups among 21 Dhangar castes of Maharashtra. - K.C. Malhotra 141 Shorter Notes: Frequency of the In (a) Antigen in Bengalees of Bombay. - S.S. Badakere, V. Ray & H.M. Bhatia 161 A study of Rupkund hair: Identification and medullary structure. - Ashok Kumar Pandey & B.R.K. Shukla 165 On the relationship between menarcheal age and body size: A study based on Kullu girls. - Indu Ghai 169 6 Dermatoglyphic study of the Nicobarese of Great Nicobar. - Gopalkrishan 173 Book Reviews: Genetics and anthropological Studies of Olympic athletes – (ed.) Alfonso L. de. Garry, Lunis Levine and J.E. Lindsey Carlter. - I.P. Singh 181 Human Evaluation: Symposia, Volume XI – (ed.) M.H. Day. -J.C. Sharma 182 Chromosme variations in Human Evaluation – (ed.) A.T. Boyce. - Sudha Rastogi 185 Bio-Social Studies in India – A reading in collected papers 1961-70 –(ed.) K.B. Pakrasi, A.R. Banerjee, A.K. Das. - Mili Deb 187 Genetic diversity among Australian Aborigines – V. Baldrishnan, B.D. Sanghvi and R.L. Kirk. - D. Tyagi Vol. 4 189 June 1978 No.1 Contents Original Papers: Essentials in palmar and digital dermal topology: Issues in Classification. - R.L.H. Dennis and E. Sunderland 1 A spectrophotometric analysis of skin colour in two endogamous groups of Nepalese origin. - S.L. Malik and S.C. Tiwari 19 Relationship between cleft chin and some quantitative and qualitative cephalofacial characters: a statistical study. - K.C. Malhotra, Neela Joshi and G.M. Kanhere 31 Effects of age- changes in some somatic measurements in the adult Bhoksa males of Nainital. - Ajai Pratap Singh 41 7 Blood and secretion: A genetic survey among Kureel and Jaiswar Chamars. - V.K. Tandon, Nisha Pandey & B.R.K. Shukla 47 Shorter Notes: Paternal care in free ranging Macaca Mulatta- a case report. - S.R.K. Chopra & C.J. Edwin 59 Pedigree of a case of cleft hand. - M.R. Chakravartti 63 Some angular age changes in the cranium of Rhesus monkey (Macaca Mulatta). - Ashok Kumar Bhatia 65 Ear lobe types among the Punjabis. - V.K. Kalia & A.K. Gupta 69 Variation in Physical Characteristics of the new born. - A.R. Banerjee & Jayasree Banerjee 75 ABO blood groups among the Gadabas of Visakhapatnam. - M.S. Injeti & G. Paddiah 79 Palmar creases- criteria for ethnic variation. - G. Eswaraiah Vol. 4 85 1978 No.2 Contents Original Papers: Cytogenetic study in Chronic granulocytic leukaemia. - P.K. Ghosh & I.P. Singh 91 Genetics of quantitative variation of human scalp hair cross section. - A.B. Daschaudhuri & A.R. Banerjee 101 Glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency among Kashmiri Pandits and Muslims of Srinagar. - Shashi Bala & S. Seth 117 A study on the relationship between digital dermatoglyphic traits: Interfinger, (PI, TRC & PI, ARTC) correlations in a Santhal population sample. - A. Basu, M. Roy & P.P. Majumdar 123 8 Genetic studies in three tribal groups of Dadra and Nagar- Haveli region in Western India. - S.R. Joshi, M.M. Mehta, D.M. Bapat, H.M. Bhatia, A.J. Baxi 133 Dermal Configurations in the mentally retarded children: evaluation of the index scores. - I. Roy, S. Rani, S. Seth & P.K. Seth 141 Shorter Notes: Ear lobe types in some populations of North East India. - B.M. Das, A. Deka & R. Deka 151 Inheritance of congenital deafness with delayed speech and language development. - N. Sharma & P.K. Datta 156 An Anthropo-genetic study of certain morphological characters of the human foot. - S. Chakraborty 163 A note on middle phalangeal hair among the Sugalis of Chittoor district (A.P.). - S. Nara Hari 173 Taste sensitivity among the Mala of Chittoor district (A.P.). - P. Chengal Reddy, D. P. Mukerjee 181 Distribution of middle phalangeal hair and ear lobe types among Nama-Sudhra Bengalees of Andaman Island. - G. Krishna, K. Rajendra Rao 187 A note on hand clasping and arm folding among the Oraons. - J. Singh 193 Hand clasping and arm folding among Gonds of Baster (M.P., India). - P.K. Tiwari, D. Tyagi 195 The Great Andamanese and heir hair Characterisation. - A.K. Pandey & B.R.K. Shukla 197 Book Reviews: Variation in Physical characteristics in the khasi population of North East India by B.M. Das. - D. Tyagi 201 9 Vol. 5 1979 No.1 Contents Original Papers: Gene differentiation in hill Rajputs (Kanets) of Upper Sutlej Valley (H.P.). - V. Bhalla & S.R.K. Chopra 1 A study of dental traits among jats of Haryana, North India. - M.K. Bhasin, A. Sharma & I.P. Singh 7 Inheritance of palmer patterns and main lines among the Pakanati Reddies of Andhra Pradesh. - B.R.C. Reddy, P.G. Reddy & D.P. Mukerjee 19 Menarche and its trend in India. - S.K. Basu & P. Gupta 27 Genetic distance among three Assamese castes of upper Assam in respect of ABO blood groups and colour blindness. - Sarthak Sen Gupta & Sabhuj Sen Gupta 43 Shorter Notes: Relationship between total ridge count, absolute ridge count and pattern Intensity index in digital dermatoglyphics. - K.C. Malhotra, G.M. Kanhere & B.V. Bhanu 49 Anomalous colour vision in Andhra Pradesh: Further data from population and family studies. - B.R. Busi & U.V.K. Rao 57 Position of Assamese Muslims in relation to Bihari Muslims in respect of Anthropometric characters. - F.A. Das 65 Relationship between menacheal age and body girths. - R.S. Bali & M. Randhawa 71 A comparative study of personality characteristics of participants and non participants in sports. - S.S. Sharma 75 A note on colour blindness among the Sunni Muslims of Dehradun. - S.K. Garg & A.R. Sankhyan 81 10 Pattern of tooth occlusion. - S.A. Awaradi 85 Book Reviews Human ecology and the development of settlements (ed) J. Owen Jones & Paul Rogers. - I.P. Singh 101 Human adaptability- A history and compendium of research in the international biological programme (ed) K.J. Collins & J.S. Weiner. - S.C. Tiwari 102 The biology of human foetal growth (ed) DF. Roberts & A.M. Thomason. - Chandravati 103 Anthropology and contemporary human problems (ed) John M. Bodley. - S. Rastogi 104 Vol. 5 1979 No.2 Contents Original Papers: Evolutionary significance of some of the blood clotting factors in man, monkey and other mammalian species. - J.C. Sharma 107 Distribution of haptoglobin in Indian populations with special comment on gene frequency in North India. - A.J. Baxi 113 Palmar creases as a morphological variable. - R. Chaube 123 Discrete non- metric variations of the human skull- A review of their etiology and their incidence in Indian populations. - S. Kaul, V. Anand & S.R.K. Chopra 137 Constitutional components and sportive activities. - N.S. Mitter 163 11 Shorter Notes: Incidence of P.T.C. and colour blindness among three endogamous castes of Vishakhapatnam (A.P.). - L. Ranganayaki & M.S. Injeti 169 Opportunity of natural selection among the Maheshwaris. - L.P. Gandhi 171 P.T.C. Tasting genes among six endogamous groups of Gadwal (A.P.). - M. Chandriah & B. Bahadur 179 Leg folding among the Sugalis of Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh). - S. Nara Hari & T. Ramachandraiah 183 Certain aspects of the population structure of the Pattusali: A genetic isolate from Andhra. - P.G. Reddy & D.P. Mukherjee 185 Comments on two gene hypothesis of hairy pinnae. - A.R. Chaurasia 191 Book Reviews: Variations in physical characteristics in the Khasi population of North East India by B.M. Das. - R.D. Singh 197 Genetic variation in Britain (Sympsia of the society for the study of human biology Vol. 12) (ed) D.F. Roberts & E. Sunderland. - C. Verma 198 Biology of human population (ed) Wolfram Bernnard & Anneliese Kandler. - D. Tyagi & B.R.K. Shukla 199 Vol. 6 Dec.1980 No.1 Contents Original Papers: Twin studies- Differential indices of genetic determination. - N.S. Mitter & I.J.S. Bansal 1 Inheritance of the ear lobe types in man. - P.K. Chattopadhayay 13 12 An osteometric study of mandibular growth of Macaca Mulatta. - S.R. Qamra & S Prakash 19 Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and colour vision defect in six endogamous groups of Andhra Pradesh. - A.R. Reddy & B.N. Mukerjee 29 Somatometric comparisons of normal and pulmonary tubercular patients. - D.P. Bhatnagar & H.S. Sodhi 33 Human growth and biological response in a migrant high altitude population. - S.L. Malik & I.P. Singh 39 A genetical study among the Tamang- A hybrid population. - P.N. Bhattacharjee, S. Bhattacharya & Swapan Bhattacharya. 47 Shorter Notes: Haemoglobin in North East India: A review - B.M. Das & R. Deka 55 Anthropometric measurements in immunized and non- immunized children of Gwalior. - A.K. Govila, D.A. Dev & A.R. Chaurasia 63 Distribution of haptoglobin and transferring phenotypes in local inhabitants of Tirupati. - M. Sethuraman, V. Lakshmipathi, K.V. Raman Rao & K.S. Swami 63 Cephalo-facial variation in Gaur Brahmin and Chaudhari Jats of Meerut. - A.K. Pandey, B.R.K. Shukla 73 Yeldari: an interesting stone age site with fossil evidence. - S.N. Raghunath 79 Book Reviews: Geomorphology and pre-history of South India by V. Sudersen. - D.K. Bhattacharya 81 Human body growth in the First ten years of life by H.V. Meredith. - D. Tyagi 82 The genetics of human populations by L.L. Cavalli-Sforza and W.F. Bodmer. - C. Verma 83 13 Among cannibals: Account of four years travels in Australia and of camp life with the Aborigines of Queensland by C. Lumholtz. - B. Singh 84 Vol. 6 Dec.1980 No.2 Contents Original Papers: On the distribution of some Cephalo-facial characters. - G.M. Kanhere & K.C. Malhotra 87 Serum Pseudocholinesterase activity in the mentally retarded children. - S. Tara Devi, S. Seth & P.K. Seth 109 Polymorphism of complement component C3 and properdin factor B in Uttar Pradesh, India. - S.S. Papiha & S.S. Agarwal 119 A Rare Phenotype of the PGM1 Locus in Andhra Population. - P. Veerraju, B.R. Busi & T. Venkateswara Rao 125 Variation of colour vision in Punjabi children studied on Pickford Nicolson Anomaloscope. - L.S. Sidhu, R.K. Bansal, D.P. Bhatnagar & S.L. Bansal 131 Shorter Notes: A Demographic Study of Indian Twins. - Krishna Sharma 137 Hypertrichosis of ear among the Bhoksa of Dehra Dun. - S.K. Garg 143 A note on the ABO, Rh(D) Blood Groups among the Karens of Andaman Island. - S.B. Roy 151 A Case of Hirschprung’s Disease in a family with Profound Deafness. -M.R. Chakravartti, Rama Chakravartti, Aml. K. Roy, - K.U.M. Rao & P.P. Biswas 153 14 Special Lecture: Anthropology at Cross Roads: Reflections of Xth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences held in India. - Binod C. Agrawal 157 Book Reviews: Disaster in Bangladesh: Health Crisis in a Developing Nation. - Lincoln C. Chen (U.S. Misra) 165 Old Stone Age Tools – D.K. Bhattcharya - V. Rami Reddy 168 Dermatoglyphics in Medical Disorders- Blanka Schaman and Milton Alter. - P.K. Seth 171 The People of Pit- Grave Kurgans in Eastern Hundary by Istvan Ecsedy. - D.K. Bhattacharya Vol. 7 172 April 1981 No.1 Contents Original Papers: Skeletal Maturation in Rhesus monkey – Appearance of centers of ossification into extremities. - A.K. Bhatia 1 Tensile study of human scalp hair in diffuse Alopecia in females. - A.B. Gupta, K.G. Ghosh & B. Haldar 13 A study of anthropomery and geneic markers amongst the Kaoras of West Bengal. - P. Das Gupta, B.N. Mukherjee, S.K. Das, - Kanti Pakrasi & Dhurjati Mukherjee 18 Three dimensional structure of human cephalic hair. - S.G. Pal & J.K. De 39 Shorter Notes: Transferrin variants in and Andhra Tribe: Yanadi. - A.P. Reddy, T. Ramchandriah, B.N. Mukherjee & S.K. Das 45 15 PTC taste sensitivity and colour vision deficiency in Dogras of Tawi Valley Jammu and Kashmir. - I. Sharma & V. Bhalla 47 Birth weight and still births among the Car Nicobar Islaanders. - K. Rajendra Rao and S.K. Yaseen Saheb 53 Book Reviews: Changing Dietary Patterns and Habits- L.P. Vidyarath, R.K. Prasad and V.S. Upadhyay. - P.N. Sen Gupta 61 Man and Environment – Indra P. Singh and S.C. Tewari - P.K. Tewari & D. Tyagi 64 Ethnography- Sir Athelstane Baines. - Surendra K. Gupta 66 Dynamics of populations Growth- Jag Mohan SinghVerma. - D.N. Saxena Vol. 7 67 Aug. 1981 No.2 Contents Original Papers: A Genetic Survey among the Nagavamsam Caste of Castal Andhra Pradesh. - T. Venkatesware Rao, P. Veerraja, J.M. Naidu - & U.V. Krishna Rao 69 Taste Sensitivity to PTC among the Bengali Brahmins and Kayasthas of Lucknow. - Mili Deb & B.R.K. Shukla 77 Aminotic Alpha feto Protin Screening during Pregnancy. - P.K. Seth, E. Schwinger & Cornelia Wolf 87 Distribution of ABO Blood groups and some physical traits among the Gujars of Punjab. - Sharda Ahuja & L.S. Sidhu 93 16 Shorter Notes: C Line Ketromorphism among the two Population Groups of Gujrat. - G.K. Kshatriya 97 Rolling folding and pigmentation of the tongue among the Yanadis of Andhra Pradesh. - S. Nara Hari 103 Ear Lobe type in three Mongoloid populations of Assam. - Sarthak Sengupta 113 Structural variations in the Pasi foot. - Bhakt. R. Bhatnagar 119 Book Reviews: The Calcutta Couples: A Bio Social Profile- Kanti B. Pakrasi, Amulya R. Banerjee & K. Haldar. - Rekha R. Ghosh 127 Lithic Industries of India (S study of South- Western Orissa) K.C. Tripathi. - V. Rami Reddy 129 Genetic Diseases of the Skin – V.M. Der Valustian. - Sudha Rastogi Vol. 7 132 1981 No.3 Contents Original Papers: Serological differences among three North Indian caste groups. - S. Agrawal & V. Bhalla 135 Growth trends among Rajput males: A rural population of district Panchmahals, Gujrat. - G.K. Kshatriya, I.P. Singh & S. Nath 147 PTC taste sensitivity among Brahmins of Narendra Nager (U.P. , India). - S. Rani & P.K. Seth 161 TFRC and ATFRC among the twelve Iranian endogamous groups. - M.S. Kamali 167 17 Intra and inter- tribal variation in palmar flexion crease: A population study. - B.M. Das & R. Das 173 Diversity in hypothenar triadii among some population groups from Indian subcotinent. - K.C. Malhotra 179 A comparative study of somatological variation among athletes. - S.S. Sharma & B.R.K. Shukla Vol. 8 189 1982 No.1 Contents Original Papers: Planter zygodactylous triradii in patients with Trisomy 21. - G. Ave- Hauser, W. Rosendranz, B. Wittwer & G. Maurer 1 The correlation between total finger count, Total palmar pattern ridge count and total manus pattern ridge count. - K.C. Malhotra, B. Karmakar & Vijay Kumar 17 Bio-anthropology of the people of South Iran. - M.S. Kamali 25 PTC taste variation in Baster (Central India). - R.S. Negi, S.H. Ahmad & A.C. Srivastava 41 Dental caries among the Muslims of South Eastern Andhra Pradesh. - V.R. Reddy, P.B. Vijaya Lakshmi & B.K.C. Reddy 47 Shorter Notes: Finger dermatoglyphic of the Gadaba. - G. Paddiah & G.G. Reddy 57 Study of sexual maturation in Ahom girls. - S. Sen Gupta 63 A plea for demogenetic studies of numerically small and large tribes. - B. Singh & K.N. Reddy 67 Haemoglobin content among the Sunni and Shia Muslims of (M.P., India). - M.F.H. Khan & S. Khatoon 71 A note on the types of ear lobe among the Tanghul Nagas of Manipur. - K.S. Singh 73 18 Book Reviews: Biology of the people of Tamil Nadu by L.D. Sanghvi, V. Balakrishnan and Irawati Karve. - A.K. Ghosh 77 Family and marriage by N.K. Kadetotad. - B. Singh Vol. 8 79 Aug.- Dec. 1982 No.2&3 Contents Original Papers: Age Changes in Skin Reflectance among Rajput Males of Simla Hills, India. - I.J.S. Jaswal 81 Sickle Cell Haemoglobin in Konda Kammara Tribe of Andhra Pradesh. - G. Jaikishan, P. Veerraju & J.M. Naidu 89 A1A2BO and Rh(D) Blood Groups in the Madiga a Scheduled Caste population of Andhra Pradesh. - V. Rami Reddy & K. Rajasekhara Reddy 95 Matrimonial Distance in Kodava and Amma Kodava populations of Kodagu. - S. Yaseen Saheb, C. Mohan Raju, S.M. Sirajuddin, - D.B. Sastry & R.K. Gulati 105 Gene Diversity in Substructure Inbred populations. - Kuldeep Bhatia 119 Shorter Notes: Variability of Palmar a-b Ridge Count in Central Indian Tribes. - Guru Charan Ghosh 133 Incidence of Cleft Chin among the Meetei, andro and Khangabok populations on Manipur. - K.S. Singh 139 19 ABO Blood Groups among Brahmins of India with special reference to Assam. - Sarthak Sengupta 143 A1A2BO and Rh Blood Groups among the Mikir of Assam. - Ranjan Deka 151 Finger and Palmar Dermatoglyphics of the Parsis. - G.P. Pal, R. Routal & B.P. Tamankar 155 A Genetic Profile of Dawoodi Bohras of Udaipur (Rajasthan) - Anil Jindal & S.K. Basu 163 Book Reviews Tibetan Refugees in Orissa – Srisha patel. - D. Tyagi Vol. 9 171 June1983 No.1 Contents Original Papers: Migration – An Analysis of Movement Pattern. - T. Lakshmaiah 1 Inter-Tribal Differences in Educational Acheivement. - K.S. Nair, P.M. Fulmali, R.K. Mutatkar & B.V. Bhanu 9 Mythology of Culture: Raghunath Murmu and Tribal Solidarity. - Sitakant Mahapatra 23 Funeral Rites among the Fisher Folks of Diu. - N.K. Sinha 35 Smallpox as Selective Force on the Pattern of ABO Blood Groups distribution in the populations of the Himalayas. - S.C. Tiwari 41 Are O Blood Group People Biologically Fit? - Rama Chakravartti & M.R. Chakravartti 53 Age of Menarche in populations of Karnataka. - S.S. Pillai & R.P. Srivastava 59 20 Vol. 9 1983 No.1&3 Contents Original Papers: The Adaptive Significance of Pigmentary Variability: A General Review. - Frederick S. Hulse 1 Hair Colour Variation in Human populations. - Peter W. Post & Michael A. Little 21 The Statistical Treatment of Spectrophotometric Data relating to Skin Colour. - Andre Leguebe 57 An Overview of Skin Colour Studies in European population. - Juan Fernandez 85 Pigmentary Variability in the British Isles. - John Smith 145 Melanin Pigmentation: Its Variation and Genetics studied through Indian population. - A.K. Kalla Vol. 10 171 April 1984 No.1 Contents Original Papers: A Cross Sectional Study of Growth of Dental Arches. - V. Kaul & S. Prakash 1 A Graphical Aid for Estimating some body Circumferences in Healthy Indian males. - S.S. Verma, S.K. Das, R.K. Gupta, - H. Bharadwaj & H.S. Nayar 13 Variation in Taste Sensitivity to PTC among Bhotias of Himalayas. - S.C. Tiwari & A.K. Kapoor 24 Sequences of Epiphysial Union in the Upper Extremity of Rhesus Monkey (Macaca Mulatta). - A.K. Bhatia 36 21 Morphological and Behavioral Genetic Study among the Palli Reddis of Tirupati, Chittoor District. - V. Rami Reddy, A.B. Subhashini & K. Gunasundaramma 42 Shorter Notes: Palmar Flexion Crease specificity in four Indian populations. - Awadhesh N. Sharma & R.S. Bali 51 The Relation of Arm Girth to Blood Pressure and Development of Hyper- tension. - R. Sambasivarao 54 A note on Red-Green Colour Vision deficiencies among Bhils and Bhilalas of Jhaba District of Madhay Pradesh. - Malay Kumar Banerjee & Parthasarathi Dhar 61 Sexual Diamorphism and age Changes of PTC Testing Ability among Assamese. - Praveen P. Balgir 64 A Quantitative Study of Palmar Interdigital Areas among Koya Doras. - M. Sudhakar Babu 68 The A-B Ridge Count in Palmar Dermatoglyphics of the Gadabas of Vizianagaram District in Andhra Pradesh. - G. Paddaiah & G.G. Reddy 73 Book Reviews: Evaluation of the Dentition in Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic Europe – D.W. Frayer. - John R. Lukacs 76 The Safety of Medicines – Evaluation and Prediction – Peter I. Folb. - A.R. Banerjee Vol. 10 80 Aug. – Dec.1984 No.2&3 Contents Original Papers: Variation in Finger Ridge Counts among 5 Endogamous Groups of Rajasthan. - K.C. Malhotra & B. Sarkar 87 22 Haptoglobins: Genetics and Variations in Indian populations. - B.N. Mukherjee & S.R. Das 96 Control of Expanding Family: Indian Experiences. - Kanti Pakrasi 121 Hair Characteristics of the Great Andamanese of Andaman Islands. - A.R. Banerjee, Sibaprasad Banerjee & Dilip K. Majhi 130 Shorter Notes: Erythrocytic G-6-1D Deficiency in Subjects with Juvenile Cataract. - Jharna Bhattacharya & S. Swarup Mitra 142 Polymorphism of Y-Chromosome in Macaca Mulatta (MML). - M.B. Sharma 147 Mean Epidermal Ridge Breadth among the 12 Iranian Endogamous groups. - M. Sharif Kamali 150 Effect of Birth order and Mother’s Age on Reproductive Wastage of the Mishings of Disangmukha of Sibsagar, Assam. - P.M. Buzarbaruah & M.N. Phookan 155 Menarchial Age among the Rural women of Karnataka. - B. Sanjeeva Reddy 159 Relation Between Age at Menarch, Height, Weight and Eruption of third Molar in Adult Punjabi females. - P. Singhal & I.J.S. Bansal 166 ABO Blood Groups, Secretor factor and Salivary iso- agglutinins among the Gaur Brahmins. - S.S. Parmar, O.P. Jasuja & P.K. Chattopadhyay 172 A study on Stature and Weight in relation to Haemoglobin Genotypes. - J.M. Sarkar, M.K. Das, K.K. Bhattacharya & A.K. Ghosh 175 A note on Ear lobe types among Kodukuand Panda of Surguja District, Madhya Pradesh. - M.K. Banerjee & P.S. Dhar 179 Occipital Hair Whorl among Dusadh of darbhanga, Bihar. - M. Haque 182 23 Book Reviews: Hair Research, Status and Future Aspects – C.E. Ovfanos, W. Montagua and G. Stittgen. - A.B. Das Choudhuri 187 Vol. 11 1985 No.1 Contents Original Papers: Skeletal Maturity of Punjabi Pre-School Children. - S. Prakash & S. Sharma 1 Human Placenta for Population Genetic Study: Special Reference to Alkaline Phosphatase Isozymes in Indian Populations. - B.N. Mukherjee 9 Inheritance of Occipital Hair Whols In man: A Twin and Family Study. - Krishnan Sharma 17 Sherpa Body Dimensions: Further Studies on Altitudinal and Socio-Cultural Effects. - Amitabha Basu, Susmita Mukhopadhyay, Subrata Roy, - Premananda Bharati & Ranjan Gupta 25 Menstrual Age in Two Endogamous Groups of Punjab (India). - P. Singal & L.K. Sidhu 33 Trends of Growth and Maturation among the Warlis: A Tribal population of Maharashtra, India. - Bela Jhingon & Surinder Nath 39 Differentiation of the Bloodstain of Closely related animal Species using Sensitized Charcoal Particles. - Shrwan Kumar, Kirendra Nath Ganguly, - Biresh Mukherjee & Amal Kumar Mitra 47 Research Reports: Topological formulations of Palmar Dermatoglyphics in Downs Syndrome. - M. Sharif Kamali, Blanks Schaumann & N. Sakhaeyan 55 24 Palmar Hypothenar Triradii in Basque population. - Maria I. Arrieta, A. Aragones & C.M. Lostao 61 A study of Tongue Rolling and Tongue Folding among Thakurs of Village- Shobhasan (Gujarat), INDIA. - Ashok K. Pandey & Shushma Nigam 67 Palmar C-Line Variation among the Telugu and Tamil Weaver communities of Andhra Pradesh. - V.S. Deep Kumar & T. Ramachandraiah 71 Epidemiological Correlates of Neonatal Glucose-6 Phosphate Dehydrongenase Deficiency in Southern Rajastha. - Asha Mathur, A.P. Gupta and Budh Ram 77 Affinity of the Karbis of Assam in respect of PTC Taste Sensitivity. - A.K. Dev 81 A note on mating distance among Kulu population. - A.C. Srivastava 85 Study of Menarcheal Age in Iranian Females. - D.D. Farhud & M.S. Kamali 89 Cerumen Types among Tribal population of Bihar. - Chaturbhuj Sahu & N. Dayal 95 Book Reviews: A Dictionary of Demography by B.N. Ghosh. - D. Tyagi Vol. 11 97 Aug. – Dec. 1984 No.2&3 Contents Original Papers: Physical Growth and Maturation of Punjabi Adolescents in Chandigarh: Urban- Rural Differences. - Samvit S. Kaul & Robert S. Corruccini 99 Patterns of Low Birth Weight in the Bengali Newborns. - Kanit Pakrasi, S. Sil, P. Dasgupta & I. Dasgupta 107 25 Reconstruction of Femoral and Humeral Bone Lenghts Using a Fragmentary Bone Measure. - N. Satish Chandra & Surinder Nath 123 A New Variant of Glucose-6 Phosphate Dehydrognease (G-6-PD CALCUTTA-I) With Reduced Activity in a Bengalee Subject. - Jharna Bhattacharya & S. Swarup Mitra 129 Research Reports Cephalo-Facial Growth of School Going Girls of Chhattisgarh. - C.S. Singhrol & Mitashree Mitra 141 Skin Pigmeniation Variability in Indian population. - Neelam Gaur 145 Red Green Colour Blindness and Ear lobe Attachment among the Hajongs of Meghalaya (INDIA). - Saumitra Barua 151 Planter Epidermal Ridge Configurations in Rajputs and Brahmins of Tehri Garhwal. - Gautam Kumar Kshatriya & Anup K. Kapoor 155 The Effect of Parental Consanguinity of the Anthropometric Measurements in the New Born Babies. - G. Paddaiah 161 Dermatoglyphics in Disease – Diabetes Mellitus. - A.R. Banerjee, N. Banerjee, N.C. Sarkar, - S.C. Pal & M. Gupta 165 Tongue Rolling and Folding among the Rajput Males of Kinnaur (H.P.). - R. Malhotra 171 A Study on Variation of Palmar Flexion Crease three Assamese Castes. - R. Das 175 Incidence of Colour Blindness among the Miji of West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh (India). - S.S. Dutta Chaudhuri 179 Book Reviews: Perspectives in Primate Biology by P.K. Seth. - A.B. Das Chaudhuri 181 26 Vol. 12 1986 No.1 Contents Original Papers: Genetic diversity among the population groups of Himalayas. - A.K. Kapoor & S.C. Tiwari 1 Genetic studies of Pangwalas tranhumant and settled Gaddi’s Palmar dermatoglyphics. - M.K. Bhasin, Indera Singh, S.M.S. Bhasin, - Ratanjit Singh & K. Sudarshan 9 The distribution of blood groups in Jordan. - Omari, I. Yousif 29 Birth order, Mother’s age and reproductive wastage among the Mishings of Disangmukh of Sibsagar, Assam. - P.M. Buzarbaaruah & M.N. Phookan 43 Demographic structure of Ediga – A backward community of Chittoor District, South India. - S. Bhaskar, T.S. Vasulu & K. Damodaram 51 Research Reports: Right and left handedness – An archaeological approach. - Spennemann, R. Dirk 61 A Pedigree of polydactyly, clinodactyly and hare-lip from a Karnataka Village. - V. Rami Reddy, G.P. Naidu & B.K.C. Reddy 69 Palmar, Transverse creases among Kshatriyas of Southern Andhra Pradesh. - V. Rami Reddy, B.K. Chandrasekhar Reddy & K. Anurdha 75 ABO polymorphism in eight endogamous populations of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh). - J. Rajni Kumar & T. Venkateshwara Rao 79 A1A2BO, Rh (D) and Sickle-Cell Trait among Jatapu of Andhra Pradesh. - V.L.N. Rao, G.G. Reddy & B.R. Busi 81 Palaeoanthropology: A neglected field in Indian Anthropology. - D.K. Bhattacharya 85 27 Book Review: L.D. Sanghvi, Biology of the people of Tamil Nadu by V. Balakrishanan & Irawati Karve. - Deepak Tyagi 89 A Dictionary of Demography by B.N. Ghosh. - Deepak Tyagi 90 May – Aug. 1984 Vol. 12 No.2 Contents Original Papers: Incompatibility Selection. - A.R. Banerjee & Sunita Das 93 C3 Polymorphism in Iranian & Neighbouring populations. - P. Amirshahi, D.D. Daneshmand, - E. Sunderland & P. Daneshmand 103 ABO Iso – Agglutinins: A Review - S. Agarwal 109 Age of Eruption of Permanent Teeth in North Indian Children. - A. Mitra, C. Verma & A.K. Mitra 121 A Metric Study of Foot of North-West Indians and its Relationship to body Height and Weight. - Suneel R. Qamra, S.D. Deodhar & Indar Jit. 131 Research Report: Mesolithic population in India. - Ashok K. Ghosh & Ranjana Ray 139 The Retro- Articular Vertebral Artery Ring of Altas in Indians. - Aijaz A. Khan, M.S. Siddiqui, A. Halim 149 A Study on some Behavioral Traits among the Oraons of Twenty- four Parganas. - Mitashree Mitra, Upali Datta & C.S. Singhrol 155 28 Book Reviews: Living with our Sun Ultra Violet Rays – Arthur C. Giese. - Chitralekha Verma 159 Physique and Selection of Sportsmen – H.S. Sodhi and L.S. Sidhu. - S.S. Sharma 160 Vol. 12 1986 No.3 Contents Original Papers: Racial variation in anterior nasal spine formation: Testing the traction hypothesis. - Mooney Mark P. & Michael I. Seigel 165 Incidence of X and Y Chromatin in human amniotic fluid cells. - Jai Rup Singh & Shakuntla Devi 177 Ear lobe attachment: Quantitative assessment. - V. Raghvendra Rao 185 Palmar ridge count variation among nineteen population groups from Western India. - K.C. Malhotra, B. Karmakar & V.P. Chopra 191 Harijans and Girijans of Andhra Pradesh: An application of analysis of variance in the study of Fertility, mortality and family planning. - A. Rohini & G.G. Reddy 203 Research Reports: ABO Rh(D), MN blood groups and ABH secretion in Kotas and Badagas of the Nilgiri Hills, South India. - Raj, B.K. Mohan, Pandian, S. Karutha, - C. Damodaran & P. Chandrasekharan 213 On genotypic variability in Kulu. - A.C. Srivastava 219 Reproductive life of some Gujar women of Punjab. - Sharda Sidhu 225 29 Communication: Anthropology in Hungary Today. - V. Rami Reddy 235 Book Reviews: Doctor patient relationship in the context of the social structure of a hospital by Manju Shukla. - P.K. Bhowmick 245 Vol. 13 1987 No.1 Contents Original Papers: A study on haptoglobins in relation to birth weight. - A.R. Banerjee, S. Banerjee 1 Abnormal haemoglobin, thalassaemia and G 6P D deficiency genes in the Suthar community of Southern Rajasthan. - S.L. Choubisa, L. Choubisa, S. Pandey & D.K. Bhatt 9 Blood groups and diseases: A review with special reference to diseases of the Heart and gastrointestinal canal. - A.G. Kulkarni & S. Agarwal 17 A finger dermatoglyphic study of the Sayyads (Shia & Sunni) of Lucknow. - S. Joshi 33 Research Reports: Effects of consanguineous marriages on fertility and infant mortality among the Reddy and the Mala of Southern Andhra Pradesh. - P.G. Reddy 43 Hand clasping, arm folding handedness and dominant eye among the kabui Nagas of Manipur. - M. Manibabu, Ch. Sumitabala & K.S. Singh 51 Incidence of colourblindness in Brahmin sub-sects of Andhra Pradesh. - K. Sampath, N. Char & P.R. Rao 57 Finger dermatogyphics of the Bhils of Rajasthan. - G. Krishan 61 30 Quantitative estimation of palmar interdigital ridge counts. - I. Kaur, P.N. Singh & I.J.S. Bansal 69 Communication: People of India: National Project Anthropological Survey of India. - D. Tyagi 75 Book Reviews: Dental Anthropology: Application and Methods by V. Rami Reddy. - R.K. Gulati 77 The Primates by P.K. Seth & S. Seth. - C. Verma Vol. 13 79 1987 No.2 Contents Original Papers: A study of chromosome heteromorphisms in cases of non-specific mental retardation. - A. Shobha Rani, M. Sujata, P. Hanumantha Rao & Y.R. Ahuja 81 Incomplete penetrance of tongue rolling gene. - B. Pramod Gai 87 A comparison of early and late maturing urban Punjabi girls aged 10-15 years. - B.S. Grewal & S. Kahlon 103 Arm circumference and fatfold at triceps in Bengali boys of Calcutta, India. - Pakrasi, Kanti, P. Das Gupta & I. Das Gupta 111 Main line terminations among the Schizophrencies. - A Bagga 121 Reseach Reports: Estimation of stature from the hand length as obtained through palm prints among Lodhas of district Midnapur, West Bengal. - A.K. Kapoor 139 31 A1A2BO, Rh (D) and sickle-cell among Savaras of Andhra Pradesh. - V.L.N. Rao, G.G. Reddy & B.R. Busi 143 Palmar ridge count variation in two Gujarati populations. - G.K. Kashatriya 149 Effect of maternal age, socio-economic levels and birth order on the duration of lactation and postpartum amenorrhoea. - G.R. Lakshmi & S.S. Bandyopadhyay 155 Book Reviews: Animal mind – Human mind by D.R. Griffin. - D.P. Mukherjee Vol. 13 161 1987 No.3 Contents Original Papers: Alpha-fetoprotein level in the human amniotic fluid. - S. Bala, S. Seth & P.K. Seth 165 ABO, MN and Rh blood groups among the Both and Swangla of Lahual Valley. - A.K. Chowdhury 173 Digital ridge count asymmetry among five endogamous groups of Rajasthan. - K.C. Malhotra, B. Sarkar & B. Sen Gupta 183 A study of the inheritance of Palmar mainlines. - I.J.S. Bansal, S.R. Dhiman & H. Kaur, I.P. 201 Dietary patterns and nitrogen metabolism in adult females of Punjab belonging to low and medium socio-economic groups. - I.P. Kaur 221 Research Reports: The frequency of colour vision deficiency in Jordanian populations. - Y.I. Omari 229 Determination of secretor status from saliva of pan chewing individuals. - M. Kumar & P.K. Chattopadhyay 233 32 Age at menarche and menopause in Sansi female of Punjab. - S. Sidhu & L.S. Sidhu 237 Book Reviews: The Measurement of Human Growth by Noel Cameron. - B.R.K. Shukla 243 Vol. 14 1988 No.1&2 Contents Original Papers: Ontogenic development and genetic variability of foot-arching. - D.P. Mukherjee 1 Components of g-isonymy in Naik Gonds. - V.R. Rao & V. Balakrishnan 13 Quantitative immunological status of individuals in a leprosy endemic area of Santhal Parganas (Bihar). - Kanchan Roy 19 C3 Polymorphism in Brahmins and Khatries of Punjab (India). - Anil K. Singla, L.S. Sidhu & B. Batra 27 A study of age changes in grip strength and its relationship with other body measurements among Lodha tribals of West Bengal. - Sumar Verma, Satwanti Kapoor & Indera P. Singh 37 Research Reports: Statistical distribution of some somatic measurements in Indian males. - S.S. Verma, R.K. Gupta, A.K. Ghadiok, - H. Bharadwaj & N. Kishore 53 Human foot types in three tribal populations of West Bengal. - R. Sharma & R. Das 65 Child mortality determinants among two tribes of Rajmahal hills (Bihar). - R.P. Choudhary 71 33 Research Review: Demographic field studies in Uttar Pradesh – A report based on studies conducted by Population Research Centre, Lucknow. - D.N. Saxena & J.N. Srivastava 85 Book Reviews: Dimensions of anthropology – dentition, pathology and crown morphology by Rami Reddy. - D.S. Gupta Vol. 14 109 Sept. – Oct.1987 No.3 Contents Original Papers: On Ramapithecus – Sivapithecus Biological Kinship - A.R. Shankhayan 1 Age Changes in Skeletal Diameters of Adult Scheduled Caste Females of Punjab. - S. Sidhu & L.S. Sidhu 13 Incidence of Consanguinity and Social Profile of the Ansari (Muslim) Community of Bihar. - Mohammad Afzal 21 Abnormal Haemolobins, Thalassaemia and G-6-PD Defiency in School Children belonging to Scheduled Castes and Tribes of Rajasthan, India. - S.L. Choubisa 31 ABO Blood Groups among the Tangsas, Noctes and Singphos of Arunachal Pradesh. - Prabhakar Pavate & Priya Pavate 41 Taste Sensitivity to P.T.C. and Colour Vision Testing among Oraons of Ranchi District, Bihar. - B.R.K. Shukla, Udai Pratap Singh & N.R. Prajapati 49 Distribution of A1A2BO and Rh (D) Blood Groups among Aramadravida Brahmins of Andhra Pradesh. - B.V. Ravi Prasad & B.R. Busi 57 34 Research Reports: Determination of Blood Group Specific ABH Substances from finger prints. - Amarjit Kumari & Prasanta Kumar Chattopadhyay 65 Book Review: Ageing in Contemporary India – Suhas K. Biswas - Swaran Singh 69 Vol. 15 1989 No.1&2 Contents Original Papers: Stability Studies of Glyoxalase I Isoenzymes in Human Blood and Semen Stains. - M.P. Sachdeva, V.K. Arora & V. Bhalla 1 Distribution of the ABO Blood Groups among the Khairwars of Madhya Pradesh. - K.K.N. Sharma 9 Studies of Haemagglutinins in Coprinus Domesticus. - M. Bose & V. Bhalla 13 Distribution of some Genetic Markers among Four Nigerian Ethnic Groups. - S.A.E. Bassey, M.G. Hossain, E.E. Williams & U.K. Enyenihi 19 The Incidence of the Barr Body among the Khas Females of Jaunsar Hills Area, Dehradun. - P.R. Mondal & H.K.K. Kumbnani 29 Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Breast-Feeding and Weaning of Infants by Tribal Mothers in West Bengal. - Kanti Pakrasi & Samita Manna 39 Family Studies of the Hb D Trait in Khattries of Lucknow. - N. Kohli, C. Verma, Sarita Agarwal, - U.R. Gupta & S.S. Agrawal 53 35 Research Reports: Glucose-6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency among High and Low Altitude Himalayan Populations. - A.K. Kapoor 61 Serological Makers among the Madigas of Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh. - S. Narahari 65 Shedding of Deciduous Teeth in School Children of Lucknow. - Anita Mitra, C. Verma & A.K. Mitra 73 Topological Formulation of Plantar Dermatoglyphics among Punjabi Khatri and Aroras in Delhi. - Neelam Gaur & R.B. Singh 77 Book Reviews: Genetics in Medicine by James S. Thompson and Margaret Thompson. - C. Verma 80 Vol. 15 1989 No.3 Contents Original Papers: A versatile computer data-base for human immunogenetic studies. - R.M. Pitchappan & N. Arulraj 81 Excess of blood group AB and B in pulmonary tuberculosis. - K. Gagandeep, Marok & A.J.S. Bhanwer 93 A demographic profile of four Andhra populations. - B.V. Babu & J.M. Naidu 97 Nature of allelic deviation between two generations. A study on the Knondhs of Nuagaon. - Madhusmita Mohanty 103 Research Reports: Estimation of age from emergence of permanent teeth in Jats of Haryana. - Anita Mitra, C. Verma & A.K. Mitra 109 36 Dental caries in Haryana: A sample survey. - J.R. Gaur & V. Bhalla 113 Height & Weight: A cross sectional study based on Gaur Brahmin boys of Meerut. - Ashok K. Pandey & Bimla Bhandari 117 Studies on the interspaces of foot of three tribes of West Bengal. - R. Sharma & R. Das 121 Anthropometric measurement of the Muria of Baster. - Sheela Das Gupta & Manjula Guha 129 The Konda Doras: A dermatoglyphic study. - S. Narhari, N. Jagadeesh, B.V.R. Babu & S. Mukhopadhyay. 135 Effect of parity and age of mother on sex-ratio, mortality, twin birth and birth weight in infants of Sahibganj, Bihar. - Doli Adhikary & R.P. Choudhary 143 Book Reviews: Dimensions of Anthropology – Dentition, Pathology and Crown Morphology by V. Rami Reddy. - D.S. Gupta Vol. 16 149 1990 No.1&2 Contents Original Papers: The Enamel Ultra structure of an Upper Siwalik Fossil Cercopithecoid. - P. Raghavan 1 Interproximal Attrition and Dental Arch Length in Modern Australian Aborigines. - S. Samvit Kaul & S. Robbert Corruccini 9 Billateral Congenital Hallux Varus with Supernumerary Toes and Metatarsals in two babies from the same Father and two Mothers. - H.K. Kumbnani, Arjun Singh, Gajendra Singh & P. Parimoo 17 Geastrum Arenarius: A useful Lectin for determining sector types. - V. Bhalla & K. Bose 29 37 Agarose – Gel Electrophoresis of Glucose – 6 Phosphate Dehydrogneease (G-6 PD): A new, quick and cheaper method and comparison with starch gel technique. - Jharna Bhattachaya, S. Swarup Mitra - & Sumanta Kumar Ghosal 37 Distribution of HB- Bart’s (X- Thalassaemia) in various populations of Dungarpur District of Rajasthan (India). - S.L. Choubisa 43 Changes in Somatotypes between 5 to 16 years in Rajput and Brahmin girls of Chamba District (H.P.). - P. Singal, D.P. Bhatnagar & Hardeep Kaur 49 Dermatoglyphic variation among Five Reddi populations of Southern Andhra Pradesh, India. - B.K. Chandrasekhar Reddy, V.Rami Reddy - & V. Balakrishnan Book Reviews: Tribal India today by Nadeem Hasnain. - Debashree De Sircar Vol. 17 85 Jan. - April 1991 No.1 Contents Original Papers: LDH Variants in India with Special Reference to Mongoloid Populations. - Sikha Chatterjee, Dipesh Chowdhary & P.N. Bhattacharjee 1 Estimating Genetic Load in Some Tribes of Maharashtra. - V.R. Rao & M.S. Sathe 15 ABO & Secretor Status in ‘Un- explained’ Infertility. - Praveen Singhal, I.J.S. Bansal & Sagrika Gupta 21 Metric and Psysiological Positional Differences of Hockey Players. - Kishor Kumar Patnaik, Satwanti Kapoor & Indira P. Singh 31 Study of Some Biochemical Parameters in the Ahmadiya Muslims of Kashmir. - Parveen Golabi, Vanita Berry & Harsurinder Kaur 43 38 Age Changes in Head and Face Measurements among the Adult Scheduled Caste Females of Punjab. - S. Sidhu 47 Variation in Some Anthropogenetic Traits among Five Tribal Groups of Madhya Pradesh. - Upali Datta, C.S. Singhrol & Mitashree Mitra 57 Research Reports: A Physical Anthropological Profile of the Koch of Darrang District, Assam. - Sarthak Sengupta 65 Book Review: Sharoon N and Lectin. - C. Verma 73 May – Dec. 1991 Vol. 17 No. 2&3 Contents Original Papers: Growth and Development of Twins. - Siv Fischbein 75 Familial Correlations and Heritability of Body Measurements in High and Low Socio-Economic Groups of an Indian Populations. - Prabha Malik & Raghbir Singh 93 Correlation in Human Growth Analysis. - Samvit S. Kaul 105 Body Mass Index in School Age Children and Adolescents. - K. Visweswara Rao, N. Balakrishna, - Veena Shatrugna & B.V.S. Thimayamma 113 Indices and Critical Limits of Malnutrition for use Among Adults. - K. Visweswara Rao, N. Balakrishna - Thimayamma & Parvathi Rau 125 39 Physical Growth and Sexual and Skeletal Maturity of Panjabi Adolescents in Relation to their Socio- Economic Status. - J.C. Sharma 139 Height Growth based on (TW 2) 20 Bone Age in Well-off N.W. Indian Children. - G. Pathmanathan & S. Prakash 155 Patterns of Growth Among the Bengali Brahmin and Mahishya Castes of Howrah District, West Bengal, India. - Susmita Bharati, Dipak Mukherjee & Premananda Bharati 163 Pattern of Skeletal Maturity in Well-off North-West Indian Children. - G. Pathmanathan & S. Prakash 175 Changes in Chest and Calf Circumferences and Biceps and Supra-Iliac Skinfolds of Bengali Boys. - P. Dasgupta 195 Progression of Maturational Sequence in Stature and Linear Measures of the Extremities and Sex Differences Among Lodhas of West Bengal. - Sureinder Nath, Varsha Sachdeva & Neena Chauhan 205 Growth in Physical and Physiological Variables of Santhal Tribals, West Bengal. - Satwanti Kapoor & A.K. Kapoor 219 Physical Growth and Regression Characteristics Among Yadav Boys of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, India. - B. Dharma Rao & B.R. Busi 223 Growth in Body Dimensions of North Indian School Children – A Cross- Sectional Study. - C. Verma & A. Mitra 233 Communication Letter – Observation and Comments on Consanguinity Among Ansari Muslims. - D.P. Mukherjee 251 40 Vol. 18 1992 No.1&2 Contents Original Papers: Odontometric variation in North West India: Biologic Interrelationships among Bhils, Garasia and Rajputs. - Brain E. Hemphill, John R. Lukacs, M.R. Joshi & R.B. Lal 1 A study of ABO Blood Groups in Diabetes Melltus. - Shobha R. Dhiman, Geetu Wsila & I.J.S. Bansal 49 Observation on the Physical Growth among Bodh Male Children of Kulu Valley (H.P.). - Madhu Bala Singh Verma 59 Inter-relation between intelligence and Height/Body Weight: A Comparative study of two tribal groups of Madhya Pradesh, India. - Sudha Rastogi & B.R.K. Shukla 77 Research Report: Height, Weight and Age at Menarche in Punjabi Deaf Girls. - Neelam Gaur & I.P. Singh 91 Shorter Notes: Dermatoglyphic Study of Padmasalis. - K. Santhi Devi & P. Veerraju 95 Book Reviews: An Introduction to Forensic Anthropology by Surinder Nath. - V. Rami Reddy 103 Sharirik Manav Vigyan (Physical Anthropology) A Comprehensive Text for Competitive Examination by A.R.N. Srivastava. - Sudha Rastogi 106 41 Jan. – Aug.1993 Vol. 19 No.1&2 Contents Original Papers: Effect of Prolonged Exposure to High Altitude on Skeletal Muscles of Arms of Indian Soldiers: A Radiographic Evaluation of the Change in Body Composition. - H. Bharadwaj, Jagdish Prasad, S.N. Pramanik, S. Kishnani, - T. Zachariah, K.L. Chaudhary, K. Sridharan - & K.K. Srivastava 1 Stability of Enzyme ESD at Varied Conditions of Storage in Human Tissues. - Manju Pathak, I.P. Singh & T.K. Dogra 15 Jordanian Data on Hand Clasping and Arm Folding. - Yousif I. Omari 25 Opportunity for Natural Selection among Manne Dora: A Tribal population of Andhra Pradesh. - G.V. Ramana 33 Congenital Malformations in Calcutta. - A.R. Banerjee & Atal Kumar Hati 41 Sickle Cell Haemoglobin and Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase deficiency among the Rellis of Visakhapatnam. - M. Ramesh & P. Veerraju 51 Ethnic and Social Class Variation of Blood Pressure in Andhra Pradesh. - A. Nirmala & P. Chengal Reddy 57 Palmar Dematoglyphics and Flexion Creases in Relation to Mongolism: A study of some institutionalized patients in Chandigarh (U.T.). - K. Sushil & V. Bhalla 65 Reproductive life of some Bazigar Females of Punjab. - Sharda Sidhu 77 The LH – Specificity in Persons with Abnormal Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (E.S.R.). - Shyamal Koley, P.K. Srivastava & R. Jain 83 42 Menarch and its Trend in North East India. - Sarthak Sengupta 89 Distribution of A1, A2, BO and Rh (D) Blood Groups among the Ror and the Bishnoi Caste populations of Haryana, India. - J.R. Gaur 97 ABO and Rhesus Blood Groups among the Khasas Rajputs of Jaunsar- Bawar, Uttar Pradesh. - Chiranjiv Choudhury & Nitin Malik 101 ABO Blood Groups and Colour Blindness in Jains of fGiridih District, Bihar (India). - B.N. Sahay & Sarthak Sengupta 103 Finger Dermatoglyphics of the Madigas of Cuddapah District, Andhra Pradesh. - P.Y.B. Reddy 105 Role of Epigenetic factors on Birth Rate, Twin Births, still Birth and Sex Ratio in Sahibganj. - D. Adhikary, N.K. Singh & R.P. Choudhury 109 Taste Sensitivity to PTC in Oraons of Purnea, Bihar. - B.N. Pandey, P.K.L. Das, A.K. Jha & P.K. Pankaj 115 Finger dermatoglyphics of the Mara (Lakher) of Mizoram. - N.N. Sengupta 117 Some Dimensions of Physical Growth Characteristics among Yadava Boys of North Coastal Andhra Pradesh, India. - Dr. Dharma Rao & R.R. Busi 123 Physical Growth and Maturity Gradients of Certain Physical Traits in Chenchu Boys of Prakasam and Kurnool Districts of Andhra Pradesh. - B. Dharma Rao & B.R. Busi Vol. 20 127 June1997 No.1 Contents Original Papers: Editor’s Note Guest Editor’s Note 1 43 Major Histocompatibility Complex: An Overview. - Suraksha Agrawal & Raj Kishore 5 MHC Genes – A Molecular Approach. - Rajni Rani 25 MHC – Association with Various Diseases. - Suraksha Agrawal, Raj Kishore, A.K. Singh, - Suhasini Bhatnagar & Bhardawaj 47 HLA in relation to Parasitic Diseases. - Neelo Singh, Suraksha Agrawal & A.K. Rastogi 53 Immunobiology of Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion. - Raj Kishore, B.R.K. Shukla, J. Pahi, - Vijay Saxena & Suraksha Agrawal 59 Haplotype Frequencies and Significant Sharing of Human Leukocyte Antigens among couples with recurrent spontaneous abortion in North India calculated in terms of Basal sharing rates. - A.K. Singh, Raj K. Sharma, Amit Gupta, - A. Kumar & S.S. Agrawal 81 Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) and Transplantation. - Raj Kumar Sharma & A.K. Singh 89 Pre Transplant Mixed Lymphocyte Culture (MLC) response and Allograft rejection episodes in Kidney Transplantation. - A.K. Singh, Raj K. Sharma, Amit Gupta, - A. Kumar & S. Agrawal 97 T Cell Receptor. - A. Agarwal & Sita Naik Vol. 20 101 Dec.1997 No.2 Contents Original Papers: A Radiogrammetric study of the Hand-Bones of Harayana Jat and Maratha adult men. - Jayant Sharma 107 44 A Biogenetic study on Mental Retardation: Cerebral Palsy. - Shymal Sen, A.R. Banerjee, S.C. Paul, P. Ghosh - Smriti Kana Banerjee 113 Socio-Economic Interactions with Growth and Nutritional Status among the Assamese Muslims of Kamrup District, Assam. - Gulrukh Begum & Bapukan Choudhury 119 Influence of Desert Climate on the Physical Growth Pattern of Indian Children. - Anita Saxena 147 Sex Determination through discriminant analysis. - S.N. Dwivedi 157 Estimation of Stature through Upper and Lower Dimensions among Brahmins of Kumao. - Preeti Jain & Surinder Nath 160 Palmar C-Line Termination among the Namasundra. - N.C. Sarkar 163 Blood Groups and Disease: Diabetes Mellitus. - Jayita (Ghosal) Roy, A.R. Banerjee, N. Banerjee, - S.C. Pal and Aditi Sen 173 Relationship of Human Scalp Hair Diameter and Medulla with their Copper and Lead Concentrations. - Jaydip Sen & A.B. Das Chaudhuri 177 The Sociological approach to population growth. - Jag Mohan Singh Verma 185 Book Reviews: Human Genetics: New Perspectives - Praveen Kumar Seth - Shobha Rani Dhiman Vol. 21 193 June1998 No.1 Contents Original Papers: Evaluation of the contribution of some epidemiological factors 45 in the etiopathogenesis of Idiopathic Generalized Emilepsy (IGE). - K. Arundhati, S. Mohan Das & T. Padma 1 Comparative Diagnostic Value of Aspiration Cytology, Imprint Smears and Histopathology in Various Neoplastic Disorders. - Rajiv Kumar Misra, S.P. Sharma, Anil Agarwal, - Raees Ahmed Siddiqui 9 Blood Group Polymorphism and Secretor Factor among the Five Endogamous Groups of Uttar Pradesh Brahmins. - Vibha Agnihotri & B.R.K. Shukla 17 Consanguinity, Fertility and Offspring mortality among the ThotiA small primitive tribe of Andhra Pradesh. - A.M. Elizabeth, K.N. Sarawathy, M.P. Sachdeva, - Rewa Chaudhary & A.K. Kalla 35 Relationship of Dental Maturity with Skeletal Maturity and General Body Dimensions. - S. Prakash & G. Pathmanathan 41 Stability Studies of Phosphoglucomutase 1 Isoenzymes in Human Blood and Semen Stains. - M.P. Sachdeva, V.K. Arora & V. Bhalla 51 Effects of Consanguinity on the Reproductive Fitness with special reference to Mortality. - Awadhesh Kr. Singh & B.P. Bhagat Vol. 21 Dec.1998 63 No.2 Contents Original Papers: Demo-Genetic Structure among the Turkmen of Iran. - Eisa Jorjani & B. Vijay Bhanu 67 Reproductive Pattern of the Danguria Tharus of Uttar Pradesh and Opportunity of National Selection. - A. Srivastava & B.R.K. Shukla 79 Red Cell Enzyme Variation among Two Sab populations of Rellis 46 of Andhra Pradesh, South India. - M. Ramesh & P. Veerraju 85 Screening for HLA Antibodies in Pregnant Women of North India. - Suraksha Agrawal, Manoj Kumar Pandey, - Hans Grosse Wilde & S.S. Agrawal 91 Taste Sensitivity and Colourblindness: A Genetic Survey among the Brahmins of Uttar Pradesh. - Vibha Agnihotri & B.R.K. Shukla 99 Food Intake and Nutrient Distribution Patterns at Two Times of Year among Children of a rural Rajput Community, Rajasthan, India. - Anita Saxena & Stanley J. Ulijaszek 115 Difference between Recumbent Length and Stature within Individuals among North Indian population. - Kewal Krishan & J.C. Sharma 127 Determination of Stature from Fragmentary Dimensions of Male Tibia. - Surinder Nath, Suminder Kaur & Preeti Jain 135 Terminalia Arjuna Lectin in Diagnostic Microbiology. - Suraksha Agrawal & Manoj Kumar Pandey 141 Variation of Morphogenetic Traits among Vanekula Kshatriyas of Andhra Pradesh. - G. Bulliyya 145 Anthropometric measurements in Primary Amenorrhea. - V. Lakshmi Kalpana & M. Satyanarayana Vol. 22 March 2003 151 No.1 Contents Original Papers: Genetic analysis of Atherosclerosis – Apolipoproteins, LDL-R, LPL as Biomarkers. - Puneetpal Singh & Monica 1 Preliminary studies on Tuberculosis Patients using the SCGE Assay. - G. Gandhi, J.S. Sandhu & R.S. Sagoo 15 47 Erythrocyte Genetic Disorders in Subjects belonging to General Castes and Other Backward Castes of Aravali Hilly Region of Rajasthan (India). - S.L. Choubisa 33 Effect of Consanguinity on Fertility and Offspring Mortality among Kolam Women of Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh. - K.N. Saraswathy, A.M. Elizabeth, - M.P. Sachdeva & A.K. Kalla 45 Hostological differences in Head Hair among Brahmin and Chamar of Uttar Pradesh. - Ashok K. Pandey 51 Morpho-Physiological Changes among High Altitude aged. - Mary Grace Tungdim & Satwanti Kapoor 73 Physical Growth, Maturational Sequence and Nutritional Status among Asur Boys. - Sabir Hussain & Kanchan Roy 87 Health & Disease among Bhoksas: A Tribal Community of Uttaranchal State. - Udai Pratap Singh & B.R.K. Shukla 97 An Estimate of the Twinning Rate in Lucknow City. - Shobhana Nagar 109 Impact of Urbanisation on Environment: A Case Study of Ranchi City. - Ramesh Sharan, Prabhat K. Singh & Pramod K. Singh Vol. 22 Sep. 2003 119 No.2 Contents Original Papers: D.N. Majumdar as Physical Anthropologist. - R.D. Singh 131 Serological Study of Hepatitis – C in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. - Shalia Mittra, Rajiv Mishra, Vijay Pandey, - S.P. Sharma & K.R. Mathur 147 Role of Inflammatory Factors in Coronary Atherogenesis: 48 An Assessment of some Indicators for Future Research. - Puneet Pal Singh, Monica Singh, D.P. Bhatnagar, - S.S. Mastana, Ulrik Gerdes 155 Impact of Lift-Postures on cardiovascular functions. - Monica Mittal & S.L. Malik 163 Toe and Plantar Dermatoglyphics: Frequency Distribution and Intergroup differences among Five Endogamous groups of Punjab. - Maninder Kaur, Indu Talwar & V. Bhalla 169 Palmar Dermatoglyphics of the Rakhains of Bangaldesh. - Abdul Awal Biswas & Prasun Kr. Chattopadhyay 183 Correlations of Finger Ridge Counts among Four Tribes of Andhra Pradesh, India. - Y.S. Kusuma, B.V. Babu & J.M. Naidu 189 A study of Natural Selection in Tharus of Uttar Pradesh. - A. Srivastava & S. Rastogi 195 The Reproductive Behaviour and Opportunity of Natural Selection among Bhoksa Tribals of Northern India. - Udai Pratap Singh 205 Fertility Pattern of the Five Endogamous Groups of Uttar Pradesh Brahmins. - Vibha Agnihotri 223 Research Reports: Forensic Anthropology – Some Aspects to Ponder. - Prasanta Kumar Chattopadhyay 237 Sports, Administration & Anthropology. - Akansha Shukla & S.S. Sharma 241 Book Review: Laboratory Manual of Physical Anthropology 249 -Sudha Rastogi & B.R.K. Shukla -Reviewed by S.P.Singh Vol. 23 March 2004 No.1 49 Contents Original Papers: A study on the Palmar Dermatoglyphics features of down’s patients in a Bengali population. - Jayita Ghoshal Roy, S.C. Pal, - A.R. Bandhopadhyay, A.R. Banerjee 1 Epidemiological Study on Rheumatoid Arthritis in North 24 – Parganas in West Bengal, India. - Monami Roy, S.B. Das Bandhopadhyay, S.K. Bhattacharya, - B.N. Mukherjee & K.S. Ganguly 7 Awarness, Perception and Reproductive health related practices in Males and Females ina District of Rajasthan. - Kusum Chopra & Neelam Makol 21 Correlation between Morphological and Histological Characters of Human Head Hair: A study based on Brahmin and Chamar populations of U.P. - Ashok K. Pandey 33 Use of Lower Extremity Dimensions in Reconstruction of stature among Jains of Delhi. - Preeti Jain & Surinder Nath 63 Growth and Nutritional Status of Pre- School Children of Scheduled Caste Community of Punjab. - Sharda Sidhu & Manjula Uppal 71 Body Build, Body Surface Area and Blood Pressure in a Rural Marine Fishing population of Orissa. - Bikash Banerjee 85 Nutritional Status of the Rajput of Uttarkashi District, Uttaranchal. - Jadhav S. Jaya Shankar Roy & A Chandra Sekhar 97 Research Reports: Lobster’s Claw- Frequency and Genetic Counselling. - H.K. Kumbnani 113 A study on Congenital Malformations among Neonates in Calcutta. - Jayita Ghoshal Roy 117 Incidence of NESTROF Test – Positives among the Thotis of 50 District Adilabd, A.P. - A.M. Elizabeth, K.N. Saraswati, M.P. Sachdeva & A.K. Kalla 125 Book Review: Techniques in Forensic and Physical Anthropology. - Supriya Krishna Ghosh Maulik & Basanti Rath. - Reviewed by Dr. Sudha Rastogi 133 - Vol. 23 September 2004 No.2 Contents Original Papers: Genetics of Obesity: An Overview. - Sharda Sidhu & Prabhjot 135 Erthrocyte Genetic Disorders in Inhabitants of Aravali HillyEnvironment of Rajasthan (India). - S.L. Choubisa, D.K. Choubisa & Leela Choubisa 145 Evaluation of Diagnostic Role of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Thyroid Nodules in Comparison To Histopathology. - Shaila Mitra, Rajiv Misra, S.P. Sharma 161 ABO Blood Groups and Autosomal DNA Polymorphism as the Indicators of Genetic Diversity among the Tharus of Uttar Pradesh. - Tej. P. Sharma & B.R.K. Shukla 171 A Preliminary Study on Human Facial Asymmetry by Photogrammetry Method. - Ruma Purkait 185 Morphometric Variation among Bhoksas of Cis- Himalayan Region. - Udai Pratap Singh & B.R.K. Shukla 195 The Role of ICDS Services in the Behavioral Development of Infants in Lucknow City. - Aishwarya Awasthi 223 Research Reports: Prenatal Health Practices among the Raj Gonds Sagar District (M.P.). - Ankur Yadav, K.K.N. Sharma & Swati Patni 233 51 Diseases and Drinking Water among the Tribals of Vizianagaram District in Andhra Pradesh. - K.E. Raj Pramukh, K.M. Elizabeth & P. Sankara Rao 241 An Appraisal of Folk Medicines for the Cure of Diabetes among Bharias of Patalokot (M.P.) , India. - A.N. Sharma 247 Book Review: Trends in Physiological Sciences-Cells to systems - Mohammad Fahim - Reviewed by Dr. Sudha Rastogi Vol. 24 March 2005 253 No.1 Contents Original Papers: Apoliporotein A-I (PstI) Polymorphism in two populations of Punjab. - Puneetpal Singh & D.P. Bhatnagar 1 Cytological and Histological Correlation of Lesions of Uterine Cervix. - Shaila Mitra, Rajeev Mishra & S.P. Sharma 7 Effect of Heredity of Human Sex Ratio. - Suraksha Agrawal 15 Finger Dermatoglyphics of the Madiga – A Scheduled Caste of Andhra Pradesh. - K. Rajasekhara Reddy 21 Decadal Distribution of Consanguinity among the Kolams of Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh. - K.N. Saraswathy, A.M. Elizabeth, M.P. Sachdeva, - Rewa Chowdhury & A.K. Kalla 35 Socio – Demographic, Health and Nutrition related Disadvantageous Vulnerability of the Tribal Women of Jharkhand – An Inquiry. - Praween K. Agrawal & Sutapa Maiti 43 Estimation of Immunoglobulin IgG in Haemophiliacs receiving Factor Replacement Therapy. - Monica Singh, Puneetpal Singh, 52 - D.P. Bhatnagar, Harsurinder Kaur 57 DNA Polymorphism in Vaidiki Brahmin population of Vijayawada in District Krishna (A.P.). - P. Sivapriya, N. Lakshmi - M. Ramesh & P. Veerraju 61 A study Haptoglobin Polymorphims among the Jats and the Ahirs of Haryana. - Shweta Agarwal, K.N. Saraswathy & A.K. Kalla 65 ABO Blood Groups and Cancer in a Bengalee population. - Jyoti Ratan Ghosh & Arup Ratan Bandyopadhyay 69 Opportunity for Natural Selection among the Gadaba of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. - D.K. Verma 75 Palmar Interdigital Ridge Counts among the Brahmin of Madhya Pradesh. - Anand Murti Mishra, Ramesh Chaube - Dipak Kumar Adak 79 Malnutrition among Sikh Harijan Females of Punjab. - Sharda Sidhu & Monika Kaushal Book Reviews: Vol. 24 87 91 September 2005 No.2 Contents Original Papers: Hungarian Case of Secular Growth Changes: The Kormend Growth Study. - O.G. Eiben & G. A. Toth 99 Independent and combined influence of age and sex on physical fitness tests among Jats of Delhi. - Inuka G. Midha & S.L. Malik 109 Physical Growth and Nutritional Status of Rural Children of Western Sub- Himalayan Region. - I.J.S. Jaswal & S. Jaswal 123 Fat Patterning among Indian Adolescent Boys and Girls. 53 - Rashmi Sinha & Satwanti Kapoor 135 Fatness and Regional Distribution of Body Fat among Adolescent Brahmin Females. - Indu Talwar, Vasudha & Preeti Bajwa 143 Growth Patterns of Human Pelvis and Body Traits, Menarcheal Status, Menstrual Patterns and Nutritional Status of Adolescent Scheduled Castes Girls from Naraingarh (Haryana). - Krishan Sharma & Shailza Shandilya 153 A Cross-sectional Study on the Skeletal Maturation of the Hand Bones of Punjabi Jat-Sikh Boys. - Zora Singh 169 Age at Menarche and its relationship with some Anthropometric Variables among Bengali Females of West Bengal, India. - Jyoti Ratan Ghosh, Paramita Bhattacharjee & - Arup Ratan Bandyopadhyay 177 Emotional Deprivation and Physical Growth among Adolescents of North West India. - Ginjinder Kaur & S.P. Singh 187 Stature, Weight and BMI in Relation to Permanent tooth Emergence among Rajput Boys of Theog Area, Himachal Pradesh. - Rajan Gaur & Teena Singhal 199 Growth Performance of Affluent Punjabi Children. - Sharda Sidhu & Prabhjot 213 Auxology of Preschool Children of Ludhiana. - Pushpa Singal, R.K. Mahal & L.S. Sidhu 219 Nutritional Measurements and Body Mass Index (BMI) of College Boys in Chennai and Ooty and the Badaga Men at the Nil Giri Hills. - Raghbir Singh 231 Time Trends in Height and Weight of College Boys and Girls in Delhi and Relationship between Menarcheal age and Body weight in College Girls and Adult Women. - Raghbir Singh 243 54 INDIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND HUMAN GENETICS SILVER JUBILEE VOLUME Vol.25 June 2006 No.1 CONTENTS A Longitudinal Study of Heritability in the Developing Dental Arcade. - S. Fukuzawa 37 Heritability of Finger Ball Patterns and Ridge Counts - Sulekha Misra, Praveen Singhal, Rajinder Kumar 10 Assessment of Chromosomal and DNA Damage in various tissues of Mobile Phone Users - G. Gandhi & Anita & P. Singh 15 Erythrocyte Mutant Genes in Inhabitants of Arid-Environment of Western-Rajasthan (India) - S.L. Choubisa and Leela Choubisa 10 Genetic load among three endogamous populations of Andhra Pradesh - N. Lakshmi, T. Venkateswara Rao, P. Veerraju 8 Somatic Variation in Cephalo facial measurements of Brahmins of Uttar Pradesh - Vibha Agnihotri 21 Palmar Dermatogtyphics of the Scheduled Caste Madigas in Andhra Pradesh. - K. Rajasekhara Reddy 17 Brief Research Reports Distribution of Haptoglobin Types and Sickle Cell Anaemia Among the Brahmins of Mussorie, Uttranchal - Deepti Shukla, Naushaba Khan, - M.P. Sachdeva, K.N. Saraswathy 6 A Study of Taste Sensitivity to P.T.C. and Colourblindness among 55 Koyas of Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh - Harpreet Kaur & M.P. Sachdeva 6 Study of some genetic parameters of the Car Nicobarese. - Nitin Maurya, M.P. Sachdeva, Sandhya Diwakar, A.K. Kalla 7 Menarcheal Status and Age Changes of Tai Khampti Girls of Namsai, Arunachal Pradesh - Gulrukh Begum & Munmi Gogoi 10 Physical Affinity of the Assamese Sikhs. - Jaswant Singh & Sarthak Sengupta 8 Sexual dimorphism in the hair histological characters among the adult Bengali population of Kolkata - Sudesna Chanda, Dr. Arup Ratan Bandyopadhyay 8 Morbidity and Mortality Aspects among Traditional Prostitutes of the Beria Caste of Sagar District (M.P.), India - A.N. Sharma & Arun K. Jain 6 Book Reviews Prayogik Manav Vigyan (Sharirik) Part –II by Mita Shri Mitra and Ramesh Chaubey, Published by Madhya Pradesh Hindi Granth Academy, Bhopal, 2004, pp. 233,price Rs. 60/- Sudha Rastogi 4 Global Biodiversity – by Ranjana Arya published by-Nutech Books from Deep & Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd., F-159, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi- 110027 pp. 320, price Rs. 980/- Udai Pratap Singh 9 56 INDIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND HUMAN GENETICS SILVER JUBILEE VOLUME VOL.25 DECEMBER 2006 NO.2 Special Issue on Forensic Anthropology CONTENTS Forensic Archaeology and Forensic Taphonomy experience in the UK: implications for the recovery of physical evidence. - R.C. Janaway Going to the Dogs: Human Remains Detection Dogs in Archaeology - Russell K. Skowronek, Eva Cecil, Shirley Hammond, Warren Kirsch, Patricia Lamson, Adela Morris, BevPeabody, and Lorna C Pierce Winter Excavation on Trial -Catherine E. Merritt GIS, Jury Perception and Crime Scene Analysis: 3D Reconstruction of Outdoor Scenes In Forensic Investigations -Brenda A. Williams, A Procedure For Recovering Mummified Tissues in Decayed Bodies -Prieto J.L., Magaña C. Prediction of Stature Using Unconventional Body Measurements -Surinder Nath and Bhavan Identification of Individuals From Teeth -Prasun K. Chattopadhyay and Prasanta K. Chattopadhaya A Test of the Rogers’ Method of Skeletal Sex Determination Using the Distal Humerus -Tracy L. Rogers Identification versus Identity in Genocide Investigations -Debra Komar The Powerful Evidence of the Bodies: Ethical Considerations for the Forensic Anthropologist Involved in the Investigation of Mass Graves -Dr. Soren Blau Topical Issues in Forensic Statistics - Xanthé Mallett & Martin Evison The Forensic Reconstruction of Centuries- old Events and Practices Using Archaeological, Written and Oral Tradition Evidence -Alexander von Gernet 131 151 167 179 199 211 221 227 235 247 259 275 57 INDIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND HUMAN GENETICS VOL.26 JUNE 2007 NO.1 CONTENTS New Sivaladapis nagrii specimens from the late Miocene Siwaliks, Haritalyangar, Himachal Pradesh, India. - J.C. Sharma, D.W. Cameron, R. Patnaik Discovery of an Upper Pliocene Insectivore Chandisorex minuta From the Basal Pinjor Formation of The Sub-Himalayas, India. - P. Raghavan, G. Pathmanathan Focus on Australian Fauna: Past and the Present - Pathmanathan Raghavan, G. Pathmanathan A Study on Primary Amenorrhea - V. Lakshmi Kalpana, M. Satyanarayana, V.N. Chakravarthi Dhavala Taste Sensitivity of PTC and Colourblindness among Bhoksa Tribals of Northern India. - Udai Pratap Singh & B.R.K. Shukla Prevalence of Hypertension in urban adult population of Punjab. - Dr. Sharda Sidhu, Dr. Shalini Luthera, Dr. Kanta Kumari Age Changes and sexual dimorphism in skinfold pattern of 3 to10 year old Bengali Muslim children of Barak Valley, Assam, India - Azmal Hussain& Bapukan Choudhury Genetic Demographic Profile among the Kshatriya community of North Coastal Andhra Pradesh, India - B. Dharani Priya Reproductive Health Issues among Adolescents in a selected District of Rajasthan in India - Dr. Kusum Chopra, Dr. Neelam Makoi, Dr. A.M. Elizabeth Infant Feeding Practices and Approach of Mothers in the Initiation of Breast Feeding among Tribal and Non-Tribal: A District Level Analysis of Madhya Pradesh - Ashok Kumar, Rajive Ranjan, Dr. B. Paswan Research Reports The Micronucleus Test in Pan Masala and Betel Quid Chewers - G. Gandhi, R. Kaur, S. Sharma Distribution of Molecular Markers in Three Tribes - Veerraju.P, Lakshmi, and Rao T. V. Alu allele frequency of middle caste Hindu populations - Manorama Tripathi, Ugam Kumari, Piyush Tirpathi, Suraksha Agarwal A Note on Factor V Leiden Mutation and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss - Rupak Mukopadhyay and K.N. Saraswathy Distribution of A1A2 BO Blood group among Koyas of Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh - N. Kiranmala Devi and Gautam K. Kshatriya 1 7 17 29 45 63 69 79 91 105 117 123 159 127 131 58 A Note on Dermatoglyphical Comparison Between Fingers and Toes Among The Khurkhul People, Manipur - N.Dayabati Devi, Kh. Sakhitombi Devi, T. Shyamacharan Singh Consanguinity, Reproductive Performance and selection potential among the Khond and Savara of Andhra Pradesh - S. Narahari Household Environmental Influence on Infant and Child Mortality: Special Reference Kol Tribe of Madhya Pradesh - Ajay Kr. Gharami and A.N.Sharma 133 143 149 59