The Origin of the Baltic-Finns from the Physical Anthropological Point of View

The author provides a comprehensive analysis of the physical anthropology of the Finns and Saami, comparing them with other Scandinavian peoples and contrasting them genetically with the Mongoloid peoples of Asia, notwithstanding the affinities which link the Finnish language with the Uralic and to...

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Main Author: Markku Niskanen
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
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Key Words
Finns
Saami
Samoyeds
mitochondrial DNA
nuclear DNA
Y-chromosomal DNA
craniometry
facial index
Caucasoids
Mongoloids
saami
samoyed*
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.532.5590
http://www.mankindquarterly.org/samples/niskanenbalticcorrected.pdf
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Summary:The author provides a comprehensive analysis of the physical anthropology of the Finns and Saami, comparing them with other Scandinavian peoples and contrasting them genetically with the Mongoloid peoples of Asia, notwithstanding the affinities which link the Finnish language with the Uralic and to a lesser extent the Altaic languages. He concludes that both the Finns and the Saami are genetically Caucasoid or European, and that the Finns especially are closely akin to the other North European peoples of Scandinavia.

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