DERMATOGLYPHIC TRAITS OF JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH WHITES

A comprehensive review of the methods and biology of Dermatoglyphics is given by Cummins and Midlo (1943). A revised method for plantar formulation developed under the direction of Professor Norma Ford Walker of the University of Toronto is employed in this analysis. In the present report is presented a statistical analysis of palmar and plantar pattern frequencies of 309 Jewish people of Toronto and Chicago as compared with 124 non-Jewish Whites of the same areas. Four main sources supplied the prints required: (1) students of the University of Toronto, (2) students of public schools and collegiates of Toronto, (3) members of the Young Men's Hebrew Association of Toronto, (4) students of the University of Chicago and members of Marcy Centre, Chicago. The second and third sources supplied prints of about 250 Jewish people and the fourth supplied prints of an additional 60 Jewish people. The ancestry of the groups was as follows: Females Male