为了解新疆各民族的体质特征及各民族间的关系,1983年5月我们首先对察布查尔县的锡伯族进行了体质人类学调查。调查总人数220人(男130人,女90人),年龄20～78岁,多数为城镇居民。采用等差级数法进行民族间关系的分析。从总体看,锡伯族有如下特征:头发直,胡须少,头型多数圆而阔且高;眼色多为褐色,上眼睑皱褶发达,蒙古褶发达(出 In order to understand the physical characteristics of various ethnic groups in Xinjiang and the relations among various ethnic groups, in May 1983 we first conducted a physical anthropological survey of the Xibe people in Qabqal county. The total number of people in the survey was 220 (130 men and 90 women), aged 20 to 78 years old, and most of them were urban residents. The analysis of ethnic relations was conducted using the equal-difference progression method. On the whole, the Xibe people have the following characteristics: straight hair, low beard, most round heads, wide and tall eyes, brown eyes, rugged folds on the upper eyelids, and Mongolian folds.