﻿NO. I 



NATIVES OF KHARGA OASIS — HRDLICKA 



97 



KHARGA OASIS, MEN: BREADTH OF LEFT FOOT 



Number of individuals measured : 103. 



Average: 10.0 cm. (1st 50: 10.1 ; 2d 50: 9.9 cm.) 



Median : 10.0 cm. Mode : 10. 1 cm. 



Minimum: 8.S cm. Maximum: 11.2cm. 



Table of frequencies : 





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6 



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06 



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6s 



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6 



6 



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6 



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6 



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Number of cases. 

 Per cent 



3 

 2.9 



2 

 1.9 



4 

 3-9 



4 

 5.9 



13 



14 

 13.6 



14 



14 



14 

 iJ.d 



8 

 7.8 



8 

 7.5 



3 

 ^•9 



2 

 i-9 



The preceding data show that the foot of the Kharga men, like 

 the hand, is of moderate proportions. The individual variation is 

 but slightly larger than in the hand ; it extends for the length over 

 8.1 cm., or ±0.159 P er umt °f tne average, and for the breadth 

 over 2.4 cm. or ±0.120 per unit of the average. The mean module 



of the foot 



L + B ) 17.1, the mean index ( B ^ IQ ° ) 394- 

 These dimensions will be mainly useful for future comparisons. 



An inquiry as to the bearing of stature on the absolute and rela- 

 tive dimensions of the hands and feet, brings out interesting results. 

 As will be seen from the following figures, there is a clear, direct 

 correlation between the height of the body and length (as well as 

 breadth) of the hands as well as the feet ; but the index in each case 

 shows but little alteration. The correlation between the stature and 

 the hand and foot length is so close that proportions of the latter 

 to the stature are almost identical in the shortest and the tallest 

 groups of the series, and the little change in the index shows that 

 the same must be true of the breadth of the two parts. 



Another inquiry was directed into' the effects on the hand and foot 

 dimensions of age, and the results of this are wholly negative. The 

 differences in the mean hand and foot length (as well as breadth) 

 and their indices between the group of the youngest and that of the 

 oldest men (both groups showing nearly equal average of stature), 

 are so small as to be quite negligible. 



