Determination of Race
It can be determined by :
[1] Complexion :
It is of limited value. The skin is brown in Indians, fair in Europeans and black in Negroes. Skin colour is changed by decomposition,Burnning.
[2] Eyes : Indians have dark eyes, a few have brown eyes. Europeans have blue or grey eyes.
[3] Hair
Indians have black, thin hair.
Europeans have fair or light brown or reddish. hair
Indians, Mongolians and Europeans have straight or wavy hair.
Negroes have frizzy or wooly hair (i.e., arranged in tight spirals). These are elongated, oval on cross-section and has a dense pigment with an irregular distribution.
Mongolian hair is coarse and dark and usually circular on cross-section and has a dense uniform pigmentation and dark medulla.
Caucasian hair has oval shape on cross-section with uniform distribution of fine or coarse pigment.
[4] Clothes : The dress may be helpful sometimes.
[5] Skeleton ;
The Cephalic Index (C.I.) or Index of Breadth is important.
The length and breadth are measured by calipers, and not by measuring tape. The skull of an Indian is Caucasian with a few Negroid characters.
From the various measurements of the skull, race can be determined in 85 to 90% of cases.
Racial mixing constant and as such pure races are uncommon.
The Mongoloids include native Americans, Asiatic orientals such as, Koreans, Japanes, Chinese and Southeast Asians.
Religion :
Hindu males are not circumcised. Sacred thread, necklace of wooden beads, caste marks on forehead, tuft of hair on back of head and piercing of ear lobes if present are helpful. Hindu females may have vermilion on head, silver toe ornaments, thali, tattoo marks, nose-ring aperture in left nostril, few openings for ear rings along the helix. Muslim females may have nose-ring aperture in septum only, several openings in the ears along helix and usually no tattoo marks. Muslim males are circtirncised.