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NOTES ON THE MELANESIANS 



The series of this group, except that of New Britain, are too small 

 for any definite conclusions; nevertheless they offer some fairly good 

 indications. 



It is plain that the Melanesians are not strictly homogeneous^ 

 though the differences are not great. 



In general, the crania of this group are of moderate to small size; 

 the sexual characters are Ul defined; the vault is decidedly narrow 

 and often relatively high; the face is rather weak, more or less 

 prognathic; the orbits are not high, the nose is moderately broad, 

 the dental arch relatively large. 



