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descendants of the cave-dwellers there has been a distinct 

 degeneration in the size of the brain. 



Average Cranial Capacity in cc. 



Males. 

 Strandloopers 1,500 Cape Bushmen 1,260 



Kalahari Bushmen 1,300 



Bastaard 1,420 



Western Bantu 1,420 



Hottentots 1,380 



Eastern Bantu 1,520 



Grimaldi Negroid 1,580 



Females. 



Strandloopers 1,350 Cape Bushmen 1,200 



Kalahari Bushmen 1,100 Hottentots 1280 



Grimaldi Negroid 1,375 



The general table of dimensions shows a gradation from Strand- 

 looper-Bush-Hottentot-Bantu, but it will be noted that the Hottentot 

 and Kalahari Bush females closely resemble one another. Some 



Average Dimensions in Millimetres. 



Males. 



Strandloopers 



Busbmen (Cape) 

 Bush, S. Kalahari 

 Hottentots 



Eastern Bantu ... 



Western Bantu ... 



Grimaldi Negroid, 



adolescent male 



Females. 



Strandloopers 



Bush (Cape) 



Bush, S. Kalahari 



Hottentots 



Negroes 



Grimaldi Negroid, 

 old female 



2 S c£ 



60-4 

 609 

 62-7 

 65-5 



690 

 66-4 



56-5 

 57-3 

 609 

 60 9 



42-8 

 42-5 

 45-2 

 45 6 



47-6 

 47-5 



46-0 



41-6 

 41-7 



42-2 

 44-0 

 44-4 



— I 44-0 



S-a 



251 



26-0 

 27-5 

 26-6 



27-4 

 26-8 



25-0 



23-8 

 235 



25-8 

 26-0 

 25-7 



dh3 



94 2 

 953 

 983 

 990 



103-1 

 1009 



990 



900 

 89-5 

 950 

 94-9 

 96-9 



CD > c 



28-0 101-0 



92-4 

 94-5 

 1010 

 1002 



1038 

 103-9 



88-1 

 87-9 

 940 

 94-0 

 98-4 



doubt exists as to the latter specimens being those of pure-blooded 

 individuals, in view of the confusion between Bushmen and Hotten- 

 tots in recent times and the certainty that Bush women were 

 incorporated in Hottentot families. 



