kjpa Korean Journal of Physical Anthropology Korean J Phys Anthropol 1225-150X 2287-626X Korean Association of Physical Anthropologists 10.11637/kjpa.2013.26.2.91 kjpa-26-91 Original Article A Study for the Anatomic Feature of Asian Tribes: In View Point of the Golden Ratio and Beauty KimJae Won 1 LeeJi Yong 1 LeeJin Suk 1 JungMin Ho 1 HanChang Sung 1 KangYeo Wool 1 ChoWon Gil 1 YangYoung Chul 1 ChoByung Pil 1 2 ChoiByoung Young 1 Department of Anatomy, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine Correspondence to: Byoung Young Choi (Department of Anatomy Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine) E-mail: byychoi@yonsei.ac.kr 01 2013 20 01 2013 26 2 91 96 Copyright © 2013 Korean Association of Physical Anthropologists 2013 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract

We observed and measured the structures showing the golden ratio in human body. Southeast Asian tribes, Aka and Lahu who live in Thailand, Miyanmar and China mountain areas and Koreans were examined by means of facial photography. The pictures of lateral facial view were taken by the fixed method. Then the length and width of auricles were measured by Phi-matrix software (version 1.1) on the scanned images. Helix ratio were also obtained by the same method. As a results, the ratio of the ear of Southeast Asian tribes showed the golden ratio and the racial and the individual differences were noticed a little.

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Lateral facial views of Aka tribe.

Lateral facial views of Lahu tribe.

Lateral facial views of Koreans.

Measurements of the ear using Phimatrix.

Measurements of the ear

Tribes Male Female
Aka 1.79±0.34(15)  
Lahu 1.84±0.15(15) 1.80±0.12(15)∗
Korean 1.89±0.30(15) 1.89±0.20(15)∗

unit: length/width ratio, mean± S.D., (): cases

P⁄0.05 on T-test

Measurements of the ear excluding ear lobule

Tribes Male Female
Aka 1.52±0.24(15)  
Lahu 1.55±0.13(15) 1.57±0.16(15)
Korean 1.60±0.27(15) 1.59±0.26(15)

unit: length/width ratio, mean± S.D., (): cases

Measurements of the helix

Tribes Male Female
Aka 1.53±0.27(15)  
Lahu 1.51±0.11(15) 1.66±0.22(15)
Korean 1.61±0.30(15) 1.60±0.23(15)

unit: length/width ratio, mean± S.D., (): cases