Kaszab Zoltán (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 73. (Budapest 1981)
Gladkova, T. D. ; Tóth, T.: The dermatoglyphics of Hungarians from Szendrő
minimal value of the Cummins index if compared with the other groups studied. Szendrő is close to Taktabáj and Gacsáj. To locate the Szendrő group between Finnish-Ugrian, Slavic and other peoples we used two diagrams. For the first one (Fig. 3) we comparatively analysed mean sums of positive and negative deviations from the Kazakh group (GLADKOVA 1964) which was taken as a conventional zero-group. Results received by this method have been discussed in our previous work (GLADKOVA & TÓTH 1979). Here the location of the Szendrő group is only considered. For the calculation eight traits were chosen : arches, loops and whorls on fingers, the frequency of pattern on interdigital pads HI and IV and hypothenar, as well as the frequency of type 11D and carpal axial triradius on palms. As it is seen in Fig. 3, the Szendrő sample is closer to Bashkirs and Udmurts (AKIMOVA 1972), as well as to Mansis ivdelsky (GLADKOVA 1961). Other Hungarian groups are placed in the figure obliquely to the right, further from the zero-group. The group from Taktabáj is located beyond this accumulation of groups closer to the zero-group. For the second diagram we calculated the difference of sums between, generally speaking, "Europoid" and "Mongoloid" traits in dermatoglyphics. From many traits typical for Caucasoid and Mongoloid peoples seven have been taken: the freuqency of loops on fingers, of type 11D and pattern on hypothenar and pad III ("Europoid" complex), as well as the frequency of carpal axial triradius, of whorls and pattern on pad IV ("Mongoloid" complex). The presence of a pattern on interdigital pads III and IV is connected with the termination of lines D and C in fields 7 and 9. In most peoples the pattern on pad IV is more common than on pad III but in Mongoloids as compared to Europoids, the difference between pattern frequencies on pads III and IV is considerably higher. Though only 4 traits were included in the "Europoid" complex and 3 traits —in the "Mongoloid" one, the results were quite obvious (Table 7, Fig. 4). As the diagram shows (Fig. 4), the group called "Mongoloid" ("M") consists of peoples most of which are characterized by differently expressed traits of Uralian and South Siberian races. Fig. 2. Group distribution by Cummins index (Ic) and delta index (Dl 10 ) (see the names of groups in Fig. 1)
