In 1969, Anthropological data on the four groups in Formosa were collected by the late Prbf.Mototsugu Kohama.The groups were Hoklo (224 males, 86 females) and Hakka Chi-nese (104 males, 35 females), and the Atayals (32 males, 51 females) and the Amis (30 males, 28 females) of the Formosan aboriginals The Martin's methods for measurements were ap-plied on stature, standing heights to tragion, acromiale, suprasternale, dactylion and iliospinale ant., cephalic length, cephalic breadth, bizygomatic breadth, bigonial breadth, physiognomic fa-cial height, morphologic facial height I (from supraorbitale to gnathion), nasal height I and II (from the most retreated point of nose in mediansagittal plane to subnasale), nasal breadth, ear length and ear breadth.Arm length, trunk length and cephalic height were calculated from the above measurements.
The following results were indicated;
1) Hoklo and Hakka Chinese were larger than the Atayals and Amis in anthropological measurements.The Chinese were larger than the Formosan aboriginals in the following items: Stature, trunk length, cephalic breadth, cephalic height, bizygomatic breadth, inter-canthic breadth and nasal height.
2) The Hoklo Chinese were smaller in physical status than the Hakka Chinese.The Hoklo Chinese were smaller than the Hakka Chinese in the following items;Stature, trunk length, biacromial breadth, pelvic breadth, cephalic length, cephalic breadth, cephalic height, bizygom-atic breadth, bigonial breadth, physiognomical facial height, nasal breadth and ear breadth.
3) The Atayals were smaller in stature, leg length, pelvic breadth, cephalic length, mouth breadth and nasal breadth than those of the Amis.
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