Anthropological development of the Kazakh people and the depth of its ethnohistorical sources

The article presents the results of the anthropological development of the Kazakh people based on the five studied systems of morphophysiological traits (in somatology, odontology, dermatoglyphics, serology and craniology) and a summary analysis of all anthropological data at the intra and intergroup levels. The clustering carried out by the authors on generalized distances for each of the five systems of the Kazakh population made it possible to assess the degree of genetic homogeneity of the studied local groups according to the territorial principle and according to the sub-ethnic structure of the Kazakhs, known in their recent historical past. Further, the authors conducted an intergroup analysis of their total anthropological indicators in comparison with similar data on various ethno-racial formations of Eurasia. As a result, the independent anthropological status of the Kazakhs was determined, among them, a natural result of a long ethno-anthropological development on the territory of Kazakhstan. At the same time, the results of the analyzes carried out for all studied systems of characters are presented in the form of illustrative illustrations - dendrograms and maps of the compared groups according to their genetic distance from each other. In addition, based on the analysis of the ratio of racial components in the composition of the inhabitants of Kazakhstan of different historical periods, up to the modern Kazakhs; The article highlights their ethnohistorical origins.