title: High pattern intensity indices and ridge counts from the Milne Bay district of Papua-New Guinea and their bearing on the origin of the Australian Aborigines.
abstract: A population sample from the Milne Bay district of Papua-New Guinea was found to have extremely high pattern intensity indices and total ridge-counts.  These fell into the range of certain Australian Aboriginal tribes, and so argue for a possible connection between this region of Melanesia and the Australian Aborigines, although equally strong connections with other regions of Melanesia are known.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001315:Australia; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D005385:Fingers; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D008542:Melanesia; D009512:New Guinea; D000095283:Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples