Sex Differences in Head and Face, Hand and Foot Lengths among Rajputs of Dadar and Nagar Haveli Jain Deepali, Patnaik Kalyani*, Nath Surinder** *Department of Forensic Science, Punjabi University, Patiala. ** Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi. Online published on 16 January, 2012. Abstract In the present study, an attempt has been made to understand the sex differences and age changes in head and face, hand and foot lengths among Rajputs of Dadar and Nagar Haveli. To accomplish this work a total 262 Rajputs (146 boys and 116 girls) were measured for Head Length, Head Breadth, Nasal Height, Nasal Breadth, Foot Length, and Hand Length in accordance with stand ard measurement techniques recommended by Weiner and Lourie1969. All subjects were obtained for various educational institutes in the age range of 9–17 years. Analysis of data reveals that the females exhibit greater dimension for nasal height at all age excepting 10,11,15,17 while nasal breadth is greater at 9,11,13,14 years while head length and head breadth show greater dimension for males at all ages except 14 years and 9 years respectively for head length and head breadth. Similarly in case of hand length, males exhibit greater dimension at all ages except from 12 - 14 years while foot length reveals greater dimension for female only at 11. These variation exhibit significant variations from 15 to 17 years for hand length and foot length whereas for head and face measurements the difference are mostly non-significant at most age groups except 10 years for head breadth, 11 years for head length, 11 and 15 years for nasal breadth. Top Keywords Age differences, sex differences, Rajputs. Top |