Abstract
The results of somatometric comparison of residents(137)of Hikosan district(A)with those of neighbouring districts(B)are in general as follows:
1. A<B in the case of the following: maximum glabello-occipital length height of ventral iliac spine maximum transverse head breadth(male)girth of chest maximum bizygomatic breadth length of upper limb auricular height(male)length-height index of head(male)mandibular height breadth-height index of head (male) stature jugomandibular index tragion height relative chest girth height of the suprasternal notch relative upper limb length acromion height relative lower limb length pelvic breadth
2. A>B in the case of following: total face height relative shoulder breadth fingertip height total face index
3. A and B show no remarkable differences in the case of the following: maximum transverse breadth(female)length-breadth index of head auricular height(female)length-height index of head(female)acromion breadth breadth-height index of head(female)
Residents of Hikosan district have the closest relationship with those of proper Kyushu Island, and the next closest relationship with those of the islands south of Kyushu, more or less relationship with those in the islands west of Kyushu and the remotest relationship with those of the islands north of Kyushu and the southern districts of Korea.
