﻿NO. I 



NATIVES OF KHARGA OASIS HRDLICKA 



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KHARGA OASIS, MEN: CEPHALIC INDEX 



Number of individuals : 150. 



Average cephalic index: 74.83 1 (1st 50: 74.5; 2d 50: 74.8; 3d 50: 75-2.) 



Median: 75.0. Modes: 7^.5 (72.1-73) and 75.5 (75.1-76). 



Minimum : 68.2. Maximum : 80.9. 



Table of frequencies : 





On 







r^ 



CM 



t^ 



CO 



1 





10 



I 



r^ 

 r^ 



00 











GO 



GO 





CO 







6 



£. 





CO 



s 



10 







00 





(8 



Number of cases. 



I 



2 



6 



15 



IQ 



17 



15 



26 



17 



13 



7 







3 



Per cent 



0.7 



1.3 



4.0 



10.0 



12.7 



11.3 



10.0 



77. J 



12. J 



5.7 



4.7 



6.0 



2.0 



1 Probable error = ± 0.146; standard deviation, a, =2.655, ±0.103; coef- 

 ficient of variability, C, = 3.544, ± 0.138. 



The length of the head, the breadth of the head and the cephalic 

 index of the men at Kharga show in general a close relation to 

 similar determinations made by Chantre and Myers on the Valley 

 Egyptians, as will be seen from the following comparison : 



Subjects Observer 



150 Kharga Oasis men Hrdlicka 



127 Copts Chantre . . 



91 Fellaheen Chantre . . 



44 Copts (soldiers) Myers 19.3 



369 Egyptian Moslems (soldiers) Myers 1946 



Head: 







Length 



Breadth 



Index 



18.9 



14. 1 



74-9 



18.85 



14.2 



75-2 



19.0 



14.2 



74-7 



19-3 



14-3 



74.0 



19.46 



1443 



74-3 



Myers' subjects, selected in recruiting for their tall stature, give 

 naturally higher absolute values for the length and breadth meas- 

 urements than the other series, but the index remains much the 

 same as in the other groups ; it varies, as seen, only to the extent of 

 1.2 points in the five series recorded. 



The cephalic index of the Kharga men agrees well with that of 

 the Coptic mummies of the Oasis, and also, as will be shown below 

 on one hand with that of the Arabs, and on the other with that 

 of most of the Berbers and other non-negroid north-Africans. Of 

 course it should be borne in mind that the similarity of the cephalic 

 index is of anthropological value only when other important charac- 

 teristics of the given groups are alike. Such agreement actually 

 exists in the here adduced non-negroid peoples. 



