Jantz R L, Meadows L
Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996-0720, USA.
Hum Biol. 1995 Jun;67(3):375-86.
Speakers of Algonquian languages are widely dispersed geographically but are homogeneous linguistically. We examine anthropometric differentiation among Algonquian-speaking populations distributed from New Brunswick to Montana. Head and face measurements and body measurements were analyzed separately in an attempt to address the effect of phenotypic plasticity on relationships. The head and face and body dimensions yield somewhat different pictures of relationships. From the head and face data an east to west geographic pattern can be discerned. The principal feature of the body measurements is the distinctiveness of the Ojibwa located northwest of Lake Superior. The formal correlation between the two sets of measurements is low and not significant. Only the head and face dimensions correlate significantly with geographic distances. Language distances do not correlate with anthropometric distances. The set of populations is also more strongly differentiated with respect to body measurements than to head and face measurements. We interpret this as reflecting phenotypic plasticity and possibly greater interobserver variation.
阿尔冈昆语系的使用者在地理上分布广泛，但在语言上是同质的。我们研究了从新不伦瑞克到蒙大拿分布的讲阿尔冈昆语的人群之间的人体测量差异。对头面部测量和身体测量分别进行了分析，以试图解决表型可塑性对关系的影响。头面部和身体尺寸呈现出略有不同的关系图景。从头面部数据中可以看出一种从东到西的地理模式。身体测量的主要特征是苏必利尔湖西北的奥吉布瓦人的独特性。两组测量之间的形式相关性较低且不显著。只有头面部尺寸与地理距离显著相关。语言距离与人体测量距离不相关。与头面部测量相比，这组人群在身体测量方面的差异也更大。我们将此解释为反映了表型可塑性以及可能更大的观察者间差异。
