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Contrast : — 



Male. Female. 



Bushmen (13) 78-7 76-1 (Various observers). 



Bambute (1) 80-1 — (Shrubsall). 



Akka(2) 76-2 82-9 



Kaffirs(5) 78-7 — (Fritsch). 



Negroes (115) 78-2 783 (Turner, Humphry, Hamg. 



Broca, Topinard, &c.). 



Andamanese (29) 81-4 80-7 (Flower and Turner). 



Veddahs 79-8 78-8 (Sarassin). 



Negritos — 83*7 (Topinard). 



Europeans 72-0 72-1 



The Simiidae have indices over 80. 



Intermembral Index : — 



Present series, 68*1. 



Contrast : — 



Male. Female. 



Bushmen (12) 68-5 69-0 (Various observers). 



Hottentot — 68-8 (Fritsch). 



Bambute 72-0 — (Shrubsall). 



Akka 67-7 72-9 (Flower). 



Kaffir (5) 69-4 — (Fritsch). 



Negroes (44) 68-4 68-4 (Turner, Broca, Humphry). 



Andamanese 69 67'0 



Europeans 697 69-7 (Turner and Topinard). 



This index in all the groups of Simiidae has a value well over 100. 



The Propoetions of the Length of the Long Bones to the 

 Total Height of the Skeleton. 



The total skeletal height was recorded for the mounted skeleton 

 in the South African Museum, No. 34. The total height and 

 length of the bones are recorded for two Bushman skeletons in the 

 museum of the Eoyal College of Surgeons. The proportions are 

 given in the following table, and are contrasted with the values 

 obtained from other races. 



Proportions to Stature — 100. 



