highly significantp<0.0000001
Ethnic Affiliation Related Pattern distributions differences in the various ethnic groups, which returned highly significant differences between the groups at the 5% level (χ 2 , p<0.0000001), have revealed that the Nilo-Saharan Berta manifested significantly higher Arch frequencies (18.68%), which is high both with respect to the other studied local ethnic groups (having arch frequencies less than 7%), as well as relative to other studied populations worldwide [ 3 , 4 ].