Indian Craniometric Variability and Affinities

Table 7

Significant craniometric differences between northern and southern Indians.

Measurement or index	Males (in bold if northern Indians values higher)	Females (in bold if northern Indians values higher)
SOS	All comparisons except Haryanavis cf. Konkanis and Telugu	All comparisons except Hindis and Haryanavis cf. Konkanis and Urdu
OBB	All comparisons	Punjabis cf. Telugu; Haryanavis cf. Telugu and Malayalam; Hindis cf. Konkanis and Telugu
OBB:OBH	All comparisons	All comparisons involving Telugu, Tulu, Tamils and Malayalam, plus Punjabis and Haryanavis cf. Kannada
DKB	All comparisons involving Telugu, Konkanis, Tamils, and Malayalam	All comparisons involving Telugu, Tulu and Tamils, plus Punjabis and Haryanavis cf. Kannada, and Haryanavis cf. Malayalam
DKS	All comparisons except Haryanavis cf. Telugu and Malayalam	All comparisons involving Hindis, plus Haryanavis cf. Malayalam
SSS	All comparisons involving Tulu and Kannada, plus Haryanavis cf. Tamils and Malayalam	All comparisons involving Haryanavis, plus Punjabis cf. Tulu and Malayalam, and Hindis cf. Tulu
BBH:GOL	All comparisons involving Hindis and Haryanavis, plus Punjabis cf. Konkanis	Punjabis cf. Kannada and Malayalam; Haryanavis cf. Konkanis, Kannada, Tulu and Tamils; Hindis cf. Konkanis, Kannada and Tamils
STB	All comparisons involving Punjabis and Hindis, plus Haryanavis cf. Tulu	No comparisons
XFB	All comparisons involving Hindis, plus Punjabis and Haryanavis cf. Kannada, Tulu and Tamils, and Punjabis cf. Konkanis and Telugu	Hindis cf. Telugu, Kannada and Tamils