﻿NO. I 



NATIVES OF KHARGA OASIS HRDLICKA 



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The conditions shown by this measurement in the Kharga men 

 were as follows : 1 



KHARGA OASIS, MEN: HEIGHT OF HEAD 



Number of individuals measured : 150. 



Average: 13.17 cm. 1 (1st 50: 13.2; 2d 50: 13.1; 3d 50: 13.2 cm.) 



Median: 13.2cm. Modes: 13.0 and 13.4cm. 



Minimum : 12.3 cm. Maximum : 14.1 cm. 



Table of frequencies : 







m 



r^ 



0\ 



B 

 



CO 



LO 



rx 



On 









a 



CO 



r a 



CO . 



r b 



CO . 



1 s 



00 



CO 



CO . 



T £ 



CO 



CO . 



r e 



CO . 



V s 



CO . 

 00 O 



4 



M 





CO 



CO 



CO 



<M 



CO 



CO 



CO 



CO 



CO 



<tf 



Number of cases 



3 



2.0 



4 

 2.7 



14 



9.3 



19 



12.7 



31 



20.7 



32 



ZZ.J 



31 



20.7 



8 

 5. J 



6 

 4.0 



2 



Per cent 



i.J 



1 Frobable error =±0.020; standard deviation, <r, =0.3646, ±0.014; co- 

 efficient of variability, C, =2.762, ±0.108. 



The average height of the head, based on the above measurements, 

 namely 13.17 cm., corresponds to a somewhat higher basion-bregma 

 height on the skull and indicates that the cranium of the Kharga 

 Oasis natives is relatively of moderate height. 



The variation of this dimension extends to 18 mm., which is 

 ± 0.069 f° r eac h cm - °f the mean measurement. 



Several interesting features are revealed by .the study of the rela- 

 tion of the height of the head to the form of the head, the height of 

 the body, and the size of the head. 



As shown in the following table, the relation between the height 

 of the head and the cephalic index is quite insignificant. The 

 average of the cephalic index in the lowest and the highest heads is 

 very much alike. Among the lowest heads seven are dolichocephalic 

 (below 75), while among those of the highest heads there are eight 

 of that form. 



It may then be concluded that in the Kharga men the head form 

 as expressed by the cephalic index is not in any appreciable way 

 dependent on, nor does it afTect in any appreciable way, the height of 

 the head. 



The relation of stature to the height of the head is more evident. 

 The series of lowest heads shows an association with notablv smaller 



1 For results of the measurement on the American Indian, see writer's 

 "Physiological and Medical Observations, etc." p. 118. 



