Abstract: We investigated the physical characteristics of 311 adult Gejia (159 males and 152 females) living in Huangping City of Guizhou Province and compared their traits with other ethnic groups in China. Results as follows. Occurrence rate of the upper eyelid eyefold is higher and the epicanthic fold is lower among the Gejia. Most people have higher or medium ectocanthion in the palpebral fissures and are medium size in nasion height. They have straight dorsum nasi, upwarp positioning of the nasal base, and moderate nasal base medium height of nosewing. Male zygomatic projection is not herniated in contrast to females. Most male maximal diameter of the nostrils is oblique whereas most females is transverse. Most male breadth of alae nasi is wide and in the middle, while most females are positioned in the middle. Round earlobe type is frequent. Upper lip skin height is of medium size among males and smaller among females; most are middle type in lip height. They displayed dark black hair, yellow skin and brown eyes generally. Male head length is large and morphological facial height is small. Male characters are similar to south Asian type in head breadth, face breadth, nose height, lip height, interocular breadth; and similar to north Asian type in mouth breadth. Minimum frontal breadth and nose breadth are between the south and north Asian types. For females, morphological facial height and nose height is small. Female characters are similar to the south Asian type in head length, head breadth, minimum frontal breadth, face breadth, nose breadth, lip height; and similar to the north Asian type in mouth breadth and interocular breadth. Both males and females had short body height. Male Gejia are brachycephaly, hypsicephalic type, aerocephalic type, euryprosopy and mesorrhiny. Females are mesocephaly, hypsicephalic type, metriocephalic type, mesoprosopy and mesorrhiny. Males have medium chest circumference and submakroskelic type, whereas females have wide chest circumference and mesatiskelic type. The Gejia physique is similar to the Mongolian ethnic group of South Asian characteristics of type with obvious differences to Miao.

Key words: Somatoscopy; Anthropometry; Gejia