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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



vol. 59 



The influence of the facial height on the nose is again seen to 

 be pronounced. It affects primarily the nasal height, secondarily 

 the nasal index. The higher the face, the higher, as a rule, the nose 

 and the lower the nasal index; and vice versa. 



The breadth of the face, notwithstanding the correlation with it 

 of the nasal breadth, evidently influences the facial index only sec- 

 ondarily and very irregularly. This is unexpected, but so far as 

 this particular ethnic group is concerned, the lack of correspondence, 

 at least for the cases with the lowest and the highest nasal indices, 

 is very plain. 



As to the relation of the nasal with the cephalic index in the 

 Kharga men, the results are negative. It is seen in the .two groups 

 representing the extremes of the nasal index that not only the mean 

 corresponding cephalic index but even the range of variation are 

 quite alike. 



SECONDARY FACIAL MEASUREMENTS 



Diameter Frontal Minimum 



The smallest frontal breadth, determined in 100 of the Kharga 



men, averages 10.26 cm., and varies to the moderate extent of 18 



mm. or ±0.087 per unit of the average. The distribution of the 



measurement is fairly regular. Its anthropological value is not great. 



KHARGA OASIS, MEN: DIAMETER FRONTAL MINIMUM 



Number of individuals measured : 100. 



Average: 10.26 cm. (1st 50: 10.3; 2d 50: 10.2 cm.) 



Median : 10.2 cm. Mode : 10.2 cm. 



Minimum : 9.4 cm. Maximum : 11.2 cm. 



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Number and per cent 





















of cases 



3 



5 



11 



18 



23 



15 



16 



8 



1 











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The correlations of the smallest frontal breadth with the greatest 

 breadth of the head and that of the face are shown in the next 

 table. A broader forehead is seen to correspond in general to a 

 broader head as well as face ; but on the average the breadth of the 

 forehead increases in this series at a more rapid rate than either of 

 the dimensions with which it is compared. 



