A Study of Some Physical Characteristics of the Goroka Natives, New Guinea

A Study of the Population Near Aiome, New Guinea

“…of the subjects gave positive reactions with anti-S serum to give a frequency of o-149 for the S gene. The blood group distribution for the subjects in each of the river valleys was also analysed and the ' 1: test for homogeneity was applied for the different blood group systems, using the subdivisions employed by Kariks, Kooptzoff, Steed, Cotter and Walsh (1959). The results were as follows:…”

“…Some gene frequencies of the Aiome people are compared in Table 6 with other populations in New Guinea and with other pygmy people in Africa, the Andaman Islands and Malaya. Some significant observations from the table are as follows: Chimbu (Ivinskis, Kooptzoff, Walsh and Dunn, 1956) .. .. 0'2473 0' 1656 0'0249 0'1487 0.8950 0'0791 Goroka (Kariks, Kooptzoff, Steed, Cotter and Walsh, 1959) ·. 0'1945 0'0934 0'0575 0'0861 0.8380 0' 1044…”

Stature Variation in Western Highland Males of East New Guinea

“…The inter-relationships between the blood group gene frequencies of the Enga populations, and the relationships of their frequencies as a whole to the rest of New Guinea, arc not particularly helpful in tracing affinities and differences (Macintosh et al, 1958). Kariks et al (1960) and Simmons et at. (1961) similarly record considerable within-and between-group heterogeneity for blood groups in other parts of New 302 STATURE VARIATION IN WESTERN HIGHLAND MALES Guinea.…”

Comparison of the septal areas in New Guinean and European brains

“…ern Highlands, Kariks et al (1958Kariks et al ( , 1960 measured an average height of adult males of 154.3 cm (in the Goilala subdistrict) and of 153.4 cm (in the Goroka subdistrict). Littlewood (1972) gives a n average of 155.4 cm for adult males of the Eastern Highlands.…”