A Dermatoglyphic Study of the Chinese Population III. Dermatoglyphics Cluster of Fifty-two Nationalities in China

China has Fifty-six nationalitites. A dermatoglyphic study of Monba nationality has been complteted. It was the last nationality in dermatoglyphics study. A cluster analysis was made on the basis of 11 dermatoglyphics parameters from 122 Chinese populations in 52 nationalities [TFRC, a-bRC, frequency of finger print pattern (A, L~(u), L~(r), W),thenar pattern (T/I), interdigital pattern (Ⅱ, Ⅲ,Ⅳ), and hypothenar (H)]. In phylogenetic tree three major groups are discernible: a southern Chinese group, a heterogeneous Chinese group, a northern Chinese group. The heterogeneous group includes respectively southern and northern cluster groups. There is a parallel relationship between major cluster groups and geographic location for 122 populations. A hypothesis is proposed by the author that the delimitaion of Chinese Nation using dermatoglyphics most likely boundary between the southern and northern Chinese group is near the 30°～33°north latitude or Yangtze River region.