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Australians. Their facial differences as well as those of the vault 

 indicate probably environmental (especially food), rather than racial 

 characters. 



NEW CALEDONIANS 



The New Caledonians, even though represented by but a small 

 series of specimens, are plainly a type apart from both the Australians 

 and Tasmanians; they are in most respects even farther away from 

 the Tasmanians than from the Australians; and there appears no 

 reason to consider them as related, except perhaps very distantly, 

 to either. 



The New Caledonians are especially characterized by narrowness 

 of the head, high vault, high face, high orbits, narrow nose and narrow 

 palate. 



