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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



vol. 59 



KHARGA OASIS, MEN: HEIGHT OF LEFT EAR 



Number of individuals measured : 105. 



Average: 6.3 cm. (1st 50: 6.33; 26. 50: 6.28 cm.) 



Median: 6.3cm. Modes: 6.2 and 6.4cm. 



Minimum : 5.4 cm. Maximum : 7.4 cm. 



Table of frequencies : 







B 



s 





s 



e 



a 



i 





S 



6 















S 























H 















VO 



00 



<M 



rt- 



no 



00 



a 



<N 



T 





10 



10 





NO 



CO 



NO 



VQ 



t^ 



t^ 



tx 





Tt- 



10 



t^ 



M 



10 



t^ 



ON 



M 



CO 





LO 



in 



10 



u-> 



NO 



NO 



NO 



VO 



NO 



t^ 



tx 



Number of cases 



2 



2 



8 



15 



23 



21 



t8 



6 



3 



4 



3 



Per cent. 



1.9 



1-9 



7.6 



20.0 



17.1 



5.7 



2.9 



i.5 



2.P 



The breadth of the ear in the Kharga natives averages 3.7 cm. 

 In the above referred to Schwalbe's series of Alsatians and Germans 

 the same measurement averaged 3.97 cm., or, if we take only the 

 group of 125 ears of individuals from 20 to 59 years of age,* which 

 is more comparable with the Kharga series, the mean breadth was 

 3.91 cm. The Kharga men have, evidently, an ear about equally as 

 long, or only a trace shorter than the Alsatian and German whites, 

 but one which is distinctly more narrow. The group of 20 American 

 negroes measured by the writer, and who, notwithstanding their 

 taller stature have been shown to possess a very noticeably shorter 

 ear than the Kharga natives, gave a nearly equal breadth (3.69 cm.), 

 as the latter, showing that their ear is relatively broader ; while in 

 the 76 Indians the measurements averaged 3.87 cm. 



The range of variation in the breadth of the ear in the Kharga 

 men extends 11 mm., which amounts to ±0.149 per unit of the 

 average. The distribution of the measurement is less uniform than 

 that of the height of the ear. 



KHARGA OASIS, MEN: BREADTH OF LEFT EAR 



Number of individuals measured: 105. 



Average: 3.7cm. (1st 50: 3.77; 2d 50: 3.66cm.) 



Median : 3.7 cm. Mode : 3.7 cm. 



Minimum : 3.3 cm. Maximum : 4.4 cm. 



Table of frequencies : 









B 

 



B 

 



B 



u 



B 



u 



B 

 



B 

 



B 

 



B 



u 



B 



A 











10 



CO 



10 



10 



»o 



10 



vo 



10 



10 



00 



10 



ON 



10 







10 



10 



to 



CO 



B 









CO 



CO 



CO 



CO 



CO 



CO 



CO 



Tf 



Tf 



^t- 



Tf 





CO 



Tt" 



10 



VO 



t^ 



00 



ON 







HH 



01 



CO 



Tf 





CO 



CO 



CO 



CO 



CO 



CO 



CO 



Tf 



"<fr 



* 



Tt- 



Tl- 



Number of cases 



6 



5 



17 



13 



26 



I.S 



II 



6 



3 



I 



I 



I 



Per cent 



5.7 



4.8 



16.2 



12.4 



24-8 



14.3 



10.5 



5.7 



2.9 



1.0 



1.0 



1.0 



