Lovasić I, Skarić-Jurić T, Budiselić B, Szirovicza L
School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia.
Coll Antropol. 1998 Jun;22(1):307-13.
The population structure analysis by means of the osteometric dimensions of metacarpal bones in the population groups of the northern Adriatic island of Krk, Croatia was performed. The sample consisted of randomly sampled adult islanders (94 males and 79 females) aged from 18 to 85 years from six villages of the island of Krk. "Biological distances" were estimated by the Mahalanobis D2 analysis for bone length (L), total diaphysis width (T) and medullary canal width (M) dimensions of the second left metacarpal bone. Analysis of the osteometric dimensions of metacarpal bones as a measure of biological distance between population groups of the island of Krk indicated bio-cultural and socio-cultural events, rather than geographical distances, to be the primary determinants of anthropogenetic structure of today's population groups of the island.
通过克罗地亚亚得里亚海北部克尔克岛人群掌骨的骨测量尺寸进行了人口结构分析。样本包括从克尔克岛六个村庄随机抽取的18至85岁成年岛民（94名男性和79名女性）。通过马氏D2分析估计了左手第二掌骨的骨长度（L）、骨干总宽度（T）和髓腔宽度（M）尺寸的“生物距离”。对掌骨骨测量尺寸作为克尔克岛人群生物距离衡量指标的分析表明，生物文化和社会文化事件而非地理距离是该岛当今人群人类遗传结构的主要决定因素。
