Principal-components analysis of Brazilian Indian anthropometric data.
Analysis of nine characteristics on 1,205 males and 932 females from 12 tribes or groups of tribes indicated a poor relationship between morphology and language, as well as moderate agreement with the variability expected considering geography only. Two samples in the Xingu area studied during an interval of half a century (1897-1947) showed remarkable similarity. The conformity of the Caingang morphology with those of other tribes and the distinctiveness of the Xavante and Tenetehara has been amply confirmed.
D000886:Anthropometry; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007199:Indians, South American; D007802:Language; D008297:Male