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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



vol. 59 



KHARGA OASIS, MEN: HEIGHT AND HEIGHT SITTING IN THE SHORTEST 

 AND TALLEST INDIVIDUALS 



Stature 157.5 cm. and less 



Stature 



cm. 



150.6 

 152.3 

 152.3 

 153.6 

 154.5 



155-2 



155 

 155 

 155 

 155 

 156 

 156 

 156 



157 



Height sit- 

 ting 



Percental 

 relation of 

 height sit- 

 ting to 

 stature 



Percental 

 relation of 



the parts 

 infra ischia 



to stature 



79-8 

 80.4 

 80 



8l 

 8l 

 8l 

 8l 



75 

 78.6 



79-9 

 80.1 

 80.4 

 79-0 

 82.1 



53-0 



47- 



52.8 



47- 



52.7 



47. 



53-2 



46. 



52.4 



47- 



52.3 



47- 



52.3 



47- 



48.2 



5i> 



50.5 



49. 



51.2 



48. 



5i-3 



48. 



5i-4 



48. 



50.5 



49. 



52.1 



47- 



Averages (14 individuals 



154.8 



80.1 



51.7 



48.3 



Stature 170 cm. and more. 



Stature 



Height sit- 

 ting 



Percental 

 relation of 

 height sit- 

 ting to 

 stature 



Percental 

 relation of 

 the parts 



infra ischia 

 to stature 



cm. 



170.5 

 170.7 

 171. 1 



171. 3 

 172.2 



172.4 

 172.4 



172.5 

 172.7 



172.7 

 173.8 

 174.5 

 174.6 



85.6 



50.2 



49- 



89.5 



52.4 



47- 



88.5 



5i-7 



48- 



87.4 



5i-0 



49- 



87.6 



50.9 



49- 



84.8 



49.2 



50- 



87.1 



50.5 



49. 



84.8 



49.2 



50- 



88.3 



5i. 1 



48. 



88.3 



5i. 1 



48. 



85.5 



49-2 



50. 



90.4 



51^8 



48- 



85.8 



49.1 



50- 



Averages (13 individuals) 



172.4 



87. 



50.6 



49.4 



As to the effect of age on the relative proportion of the upper and 

 lower parts of the body, the Kharga series shows nothing definite; 

 but it includes no really senile individuals. It seems safe to assume 

 that, due principally to the frequent greater bending of the spine in 

 the aged, the average value of the height above ischia in relation 

 to that below the ischia diminishes in advanced age. This principle 

 is, of course, applicable to all groups of mankind, not merely the 

 Egyptians. 



THE HEAD 

 Length of Head 



The maximum length of the head averages 18.9 centimeters, which 

 is a fair dimension. Its range of variation extends over 28 mm., 

 equaling ± 0.74 per each cm. of the average, which is not excessive. 



The curve of distribution of the measurement (fig. 4) is somewhat 

 unusual. 



