Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 38 (2) 2010

Annotation:  Human Environment in the Nakhichevan Region during the Mousterian (Based on the Gazma Cave Site, Az The Earliest Evidence of Human Occupation in Southeastern Europe: A Processed Camel Bone Fragment f Holocene Dwellings in the Russian Far East: A Functional and Planigraphic Analysis Koshkino Bone and Horn Artifacts from Mergen-6 Glass Beads from Russian Villages in the Middle Irtysh Area with Reference to the Trade Links of Ru Radiocarbon Dating of Oglakhty Grave Using a Wiggle Matching Method Plant Remains from Noin Ula Burial Mounds 20 and 31 (Northern Mongolia) Elemental Analysis of Ceramic Incrustation Indicates Long-Term Cultural Continuity in the Prehistor “Staffs with Elk Heads” in the Culture of the Ancient Population of the Eastern Urals, Northern and Objects with “Animal and Rider Imagery on the Base” in the Medieval Culture of Northern Eurasia Khar Chuluu: A New Rock Art Site in the Mongolian Altai Genealogy of the Siberian Bukharians: The Imyaminov Clan Clothing in Yakut Traditional Wedding Rituals (19th–20th Centuries) The Yzykh in the Context of Traditional Khakassian Beliefs Daurs and Barguts: Issues of Ethnic History Komi-Permyak Traditional Culture: Photographic Collection by A.F. Teploukhov on Early 20th-century U The Population History of the Korean Peninsula: Dental Evidence Growth and Development of Russian and Tatar Children and Adolescents in Naberezhnye Chelny   

Growth and Development of Russian and Tatar Children and Adolescents in Naberezhnye Chelny

E.Z. Godina, N.M. Islamova, I.A. Khomyakova, and L.V. Zadorozhnaya.

In 2005–2006, 1387 children and adolescents (708 girls and 670 boys aged 8–17) residing in Naberezhnye Chelny, the Republic of Tatarstan, were subjected to an anthropometric study. The sample consisted of three groups: Tatars (29.9 % of girls and 32.3 % of boys), Russians (37.7 % and 37.9 %, respectively), and children with one parent Tatar and another Russian (30.1 % and 27.4 %, respectively). The program included forty metric and descriptive traits. The age at menarche was assessed by the status quo method, physique, by the Shtefko–Ostrovsky method; also, the development of secondary sexual characteristics was evaluated. The stature of Russians was highest in most age categories, and the weight was maximal in children of mixed descent. The level of sexual maturation was higher in Russians than in members of the two other groups.

Keywords: Growth, development, ethnic groups, Tatars, Russians, socio-economic factors, morpho-functional characteristics, sexual maturation.