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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 August 2014
The present author found significant differences in physical characters among some populations, namely the Garo, the Kachari, the Rabha and the Rajbansi of South Goalpara, Assam. They were accompanied by an increase and decrease of the various characters. Shapiro in his study of Japanese immigrants into Hawaii also found similar phenomenon of increase and decrease in respect of anthropometric characters. In this study the data of the present author have been compared with those of Shapiro.
It is seen that the results obtained by the present author agree with those of Shapiro in respect of some characters, while in respect of some they vary. But it appears that the changes in physical characters due to migration into two widely different geographical regions — from a temperate country like Japan to a tropical country like Hawaii — are nearly of similar nature in a small area like South Goalpara.