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Dermatoglyphic distances and different linguistic groups in Sardinia

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By means of Penrose's C 2H , a matrix of dermatoglyphic distances was calculated from several palmar characteristics of 1831 males belonging to different Sardinian linguistic groups. Then, by means of cluster analysis, a dendrogram was constructed and compared with a diagram of the affinities among the linguistic groups. This comparison shows a good congruency between the dendrogram structure and the diagram of linguistic affinities.

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Sanna, E. Dermatoglyphic distances and different linguistic groups in Sardinia. Int. J. Anthropol. 1, 81–86 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02443910

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