Shivanand N. D1, Suresh Bidarkotimath2, Shishir Kumar3
INTRODUCTION
We always wonder why different people belonging to different ethnic and racial backgrounds are so different when it comes to facial features. There are tons of papers published to differentiate people based upon the race and ethnicity. These experiments also have successfully differentiated a plethora of features based on which different ethnic and racial features can be traced with remarkable accuracy.
The aim of the study is to:
1. To find the mean length and breadth of the nose in Karnataka population.
2. To calculate the nasal index in Karnataka population.
3. To find the mean length and breadth of the nose in Kerala population.
4. To calculate the nasal index in Kerala population.
5. To differentiate if any.
Sixty Medical students were selected. Thirty belonged to Karnataka population and thirty belonged to Kerala population. Only male students were taken up for study as female Keralian students were less in number.
The nasal index is one of the definite tools to check the racial background. But there might be other features like the language and other cultural contributions which may in turn result in the differences.
