Study of Anthropometric, Dermatoglyphic Traits and Symmetry of Feet in Folk Fars Girls of Birjand Aged from Birth to 10

introduction: anthropology is the science of body sizes evaluation in living people whichis applied in both medical and non-medical professions. the main purpose of the study is theevaluation of foot growth from birth to the age of 10 in folk fars girls of birjand and to makean archive of the data and to study symmetry based on anthropometry and dermatoglyphy.methods: in this study, the foot length and width, heel width, arch index and toes length havebeen evaluated by measuring tape and toes dermal patterns detected by inky foot print. it wascarried out on 92 folk fars girls aged from birth to 10 years old.results: the data evaluated by measuring of feet dimensions and dermatoglyphic traces suchas toe's ridge pattern and ridge line counting. statistics results showed that foot dimensionsgrowth occurred through ages and would be significant in special ages.conclusion: this study didn't show any asymmetry related to age in anthropometric anddermatoglyphic traits in right and left feet in the populations.