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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



vol. 59 



average body height than that of the highest vaults. In the former 

 series there are only two individuals (15%) of 1.65 m. in stature 

 or above, while in the equally as large series of the highest heads, 

 there are seven (or nearly 54%) of such statures. 



KHARGA OASIS, MEN: RELATION OF HEIGHT OF HEAD TO STATURE, 

 FORM OF HEAD AND SIZE OF HEAD 



Cases with smallest height of head 



Cases with great 



;st height of head 





(12.65 cm - 



and below) 







(13.7 cm. and above) 





Height of 





Cephalic 



Cephalic 



Height of 



Stature 



Cephalic 



Cephalic 



head 





index 



module 



head 



index 



module 



cm. 



cm. 





cm. 



cm. 



cm. 





cm. 



12.30 



164.5 



75-8 



15.0 



13.70 



165.0 



73-4 



15.7 



12.30 



168.0 



70.3 



14 



4 



13 



70 



155.2 



75-0 



15.8 



12.35 



160.0 



71.7 



14 



8 



13 



70 



163.3 



77-4 



15.6 



12.50 



163.7 



77-8 



14 



8 



13 



70 



169.4 



73-5 



16. 1 



12.50 



154.5 



73-5 



14 



9 



13 



75 



161. 6 



73-6 



15.7 



12.55 



169.4 



72.4 



14 



8 



13 



80 



169.4 



80.1 



15.8 



12-55 



163.5 



68.2 



14 



9 



13 



80 



160.0 



71.6 



15.7 



12.60 



157.8 



78.6 



14 



8 



13 



80 



171. 1 



76.6 



15.7 



12.60 



158.5 



75-5 



15 



2 



13 



80 



159-6 



74-3 



15.7 



12.65 



158.7 



73.i 



14 



9 



13 



85 



167. 1 



74-7 



15.7 



12.65 



162.2 



72.1 



15 



1 



13 



90 



150.6 



75-3 



15-3 



12.65 



161. 3 



77.0 



15 



2 



14 



10 



168.3 



72.7 



16. 1 



12.65 



164. 1 



77-6 



15 







14 



15 



171. 3 



72.9 



16.2 



Averag 



es (13 cas 

 162.0 



es): 

 74.1 





Averag 



es (13 cas 



es) : 





12.53 



14. 



9 



13.83 



164.0 



74-7 



15.8 



It then appears that higher stature tends in general to be ac- 

 companied with an absolutely higher head, than low stature. But 

 there is no direct proportion between the increase in the height of 

 the head and that of the stature. Among the lowest heads the pro- 

 portional relation between the height of the head and the height of 

 the body is as 1:12.1, while among the highest heads it is only as 

 1 : 1 1.9. This indicates that the growth of the head in height, while 

 it to some extent augments in accord with increasing stature, is in 

 the main subject to other influences. 



The most interesting comparison is that between the height of the 

 head and the size of the same. The size of the head is most con- 

 veniently represented by the mean cephalic diameter or the cephalic 

 module. Compared with this, it is found that low height of the head 

 corresponds in general to a small head as a whole, and vice versa. 1 



1 See in this connection Boas, R, The Cephalic Index, Amer. Anthropologist, 

 N. S., I, 1899, PP- 448-461. All the statements advanced there are, however, 

 not borne out by the present study. 



