﻿NO. I 



NATIVES OF KHARGA OASIS HRDLICKA 



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vations) but is smaller (by about 2 points) than that of white men of 

 the same body height as these Egyptians. It is even slightly smaller 

 (by about I point) than the average in the American Indian. 1 The 

 head of the Kharga native is therefore both absolutely and relatively 

 rather small. 



KHARGA OASIS, MEN: 



CEPHALIC MODULE IN THE SHORTEST 



, MEDIUM 



AND TALLEST INDIVIDUALS 





Stature below 158 cm. 



Stature 163. 1-165 cm. 



Stature above 170 cm. 





Per mille rela- 





Per mille rela- 





Per mille rela- 



Stature 



tion of cephalic 

 module to 



Stature 



tion of cephalic 

 module to 



Stature 



tion of cephalic 

 module to 





stature 





stature 





stature 



150.6 



101.8 



163. I 



92.8 



170.5 



91.9 



152.3 



IOI.I 



163.2 



97-6 



170.7 



92.4 



152.3 



99.9 



163.3 



98.3 



1 71. 1 



91.6 



153.6 



97.2 



l63.3 



95-3 



171. 3 



94-5 



154.5 



96.2 



163.4 



97-0 



172.2 



98.O 



155.2 



101.6 



163.4 



96.2 



172.4 



87.8 



155.7 



100.3 



163.5 



91.4 



172.4 



92.1 



155.7 



101.5 



163.6 



93-0 



172.5 



89.7 



155.7 



99-7 



163.7 



90.6 



172.7 



91.3 



155.9 



97-5 



164.O 



94.1 



172.7 



90.0 



I56.O 



95-6 



164. 1 



91.7 



173.8 



88.4 



156.3 



96.4 



164.3 



92.4 



174.5 



87.8 



156.5 



99-2 



164.4 



93-6 



174.6 



87.6 



157.5 



92.9 



164.5 



91.2 







157.6 



97-1 



164.7 



93-6 







157.8 



93.8 



164.7 

 164.8 

 164.8 

 164.8 

 165.O 

 165.O 



95-5 

 94-6 

 94-5 

 95-7 

 95-6 

 95-0 







Averages (16 individuals) 



(21 individuals) 



(13 indi 



viduals) 



155.2 



98.2 



164.1 



94.3 



172.4 



90.5 



The second table shows the effects of stature on the size of the 

 head among the Oasis men themselves. These effects are seen to 

 be pronounced and quite uniform ; there is, of course, some individ- 

 ual variation, but it is small. In general the higher the stature, the 



1 Six groups of the latter show the following conditions : 



Average Average Head-stature 



stature cephalic module index 



i. 50 Otomi men 159.3 15.5 97.3 



2. 50 Aztec men 161. 15.4 95.8 



3. 50 Tarasco men 163. 1 15.5 95.0 



4. 53 Cora men 164.1 15.8 96.3 



5. 50 Apache men 170.0 16.0 94.0 



6. 53 Pima men 171.8 15.9 92.3 



(306) Mean 164.9 W 95-* 



