Abstract: The present paper reports a survey of anthropometric traits of 394 adults (183 males and 211 females) of Tujia nationality from Yanhe Tujia Autonomous County, Guizhou. Tujia is? one? of? the? 56? officially? recognized? nationalities? in? China.? The? studied? samples? are? all? adults? (18? and ?55 ?year? old) ?with ?the ?confirmation ?that ?all ?of ?their ?parents ?and? grandparents? are? of? Tujia? nationality. The study includes 28 observations and 64 measurements. Important indices of head, face and body were calculated based on the measurements and frequencies of different types were categorized and tabulated accordingly in the paper. The cluster analysis of the present dataset was conducted with those published earlier by others for 20 other minority groups from southern China, revealing that Tujia group in this study is most closely related to Yao, Tujia in Hunan, Yao in Guangxi and Mao in Guizhou.

Key words: Somatoscopy; Anthropometry; Physical anthropology; Tujia; Guizhou