Distribution of Morphogenetic Traits among Bhils and Rajputs of Rajasthan

Humans are very diverse in nature yet there exists some similarities among all the dissimilarities, these variations are sometimes continued while some are lost resulting in the rise of evolutionary changes. The focus was to study the various dominant morphological traits recorded by physical observation, among the 252 residents, i.e. Bhils and Rajputs of Sirohi district, Rajasthan. The traits studied were Widow's peak, ability to roll tongue and detached earlobe. The results show that combination of Widow's peak and detached earlobe was absent among the tribal population (Bhils) where as it was found among the Rajput (10.15%) population. This could be due to low frequency of some traits and thereby the possibility of finding such traits in combination is also a rare phenomenon. Tongue rolling and detached ear lobe was found to be most closely associated with each other and the presence of Widow's peak was a rare incident. The frequency of some combined traits was significantly high in both the populations which could be the result of close marriage distances leading to geographical inbreeding. It was concluded that both the population groups vary significantly from one another in regard to the distribution of the combination of morphological traits.